Home Institution
Rice University
Publication Date
Fall 2023
Abstract
Forty-five years have passed since 1978, when the first feminist conference in the Eastern Bloc – Drug-ca žena – žensko pitanje: novi pristup? (Comrade Woman – The Woman’s Question: A New Approach?) – took place in Belgrade in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). After the violent breakup of the SFRY, what, if anything, is left of the legacies of Yugoslav feminism in today’s Serbia? To answer this question, this research examines the Serbian feminist scenes across time through literature and five semi-structured interviews. It concludes that although the Serbian feminist movement has become significantly different from the Yugoslav in multiple aspects, there is now a growing interest in critically (re)evaluating, commemorating and celebrating Yugoslav feminist heritage. By revisiting the common Yugoslav ancestry, Serbian feminists are in search of a solidarity that would empower their movement in the face of rising nationalism, patriarchy and the disappearance of socialist history from public memory.
Disciplines
European History | Gender and Sexuality | Slavic Languages and Societies | Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies | Women's History | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Yuan, Heyu, "“Comrade Woman” in 21st-Century Serbia: (Dis)continuities of Yugoslav Feminism in Post-Yugoslav, Post-war Serbian Feminism" (2023). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3718.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3718
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European History Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Slavic Languages and Societies Commons, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Commons, Women's History Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Program Name
Belgrade, Budapest, and Vienna: Comparative European Perspectives on Conflict and Democracy