Deana Jovanović. Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2025. xii, 227 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. Maps. 145. 00, hard bound; 31. 95 paper.

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how residents participate in shaping their futures within an industrial context.
• Qualitative analysis of community practices
• Interviews with local residents
• Examination of cultural narratives
• Identified key cultural practices influencing future aspirations
• Highlighting the role of local identity in future-making
• Documented urban transformation influenced by collective actions