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Neko je rekao feminizam?
The book represents an attempt to formulate the theoretical answer to
the question - is there a place for feminism in a contemporary world?
Is there any sense in talking about feminism today, when many
liberties are won, when we have reasons to state that certain kind of
equality between men and women does exist, when women appear regularly
and in manifold ways in different public spheres? Many young women who
enjoy acquired rights and liberties do not recognize the influence of
the work of the former generations on their lives, which oftentimes,
unfortunately, reveals the want of solidarity and understanding for
women who could not go beyond the "old-fashioned" social norms and
demands "all by themselves". The books aims at showing that this work
has not been finished yet, by means of demonstrating how lives of
women were led before the emergence of feminism, what changes occurred
and what is yet to be done. The structure of the book corresponds to
this if one tried to decompose one's everyday life – where
public and private mingle, where we work, vote, read, make love, do
our best to stay in touch with the world around us, speak, go to
exibitions, church and peace rallies – one would find things which had
been unimaginable just hundreds years ago, but are part and parcel of
our world today. The book "Somebody Said Feminism? How Feminism
Affected Women in XXI Century" wants to show that feminism contributed
largely to this, although we are quite often unaware of it.
The books represents 26 young feminist authors from Serbia, some of
which are already known to the local audience and some of which
publish for the first time. By order of their appearance in the book,
these are Dragana Obrenic, Marija Perkovic, Tijana Krstec, Diana
Miladinovic, Milica Lezajic, Jasmina Stevanovic, Lidija Vasiljevic,
Paula Petricevic, Natasa Zlatkovic, Milena Timotijevic, Carna Cosic,
Mima Rasic, Vera Kurtic, Marina Simic, Hana Copic, Jelena Visnjic,
Mirjana Mirosavljevic, Iva Nenic, Ivana Velimirac, Nadja Duhacek,
Jelena Miletic, Katarina Loncarevic, Jana Bacevic, Ana Bukvic, Ksenija
Perisic, Marija Mladenovic and Adriana Zaharijevic.
The texts are dealing with rights and freedoms (vote, work, education,
divorce and abortion), the intersection of public and private (family
and marriage, religion, women's health, prostitution), identities and
differences (lesbians, Roma women, race and gender), representation of
women (language, media, popular culture), arts (literature, theatre,
visual arts), theory and activism (peace politics, globalization of
feminism, anthropology, psychology), and history of feminism.
Along with the individual contributions, the book contains eight
on suffrage timeline, on women presidents and prime
ministers, on famous women in medicine, on female genital mutilation,
on women Nobel prize winners, with a special emphasis on Peace Nobel
prize winners, and on feminist positions and theories (contributed by
Natasa Zlatkovic and Adriana Zaharijevic). Finally, the book provides
a concise historical timeline of important dates for feminism in the
world and Serbia specifically.
the question - is there a place for feminism in a contemporary world?
Is there any sense in talking about feminism today, when many
liberties are won, when we have reasons to state that certain kind of
equality between men and women does exist, when women appear regularly
and in manifold ways in different public spheres? Many young women who
enjoy acquired rights and liberties do not recognize the influence of
the work of the former generations on their lives, which oftentimes,
unfortunately, reveals the want of solidarity and understanding for
women who could not go beyond the "old-fashioned" social norms and
demands "all by themselves". The books aims at showing that this work
has not been finished yet, by means of demonstrating how lives of
women were led before the emergence of feminism, what changes occurred
and what is yet to be done. The structure of the book corresponds to
this if one tried to decompose one's everyday life – where
public and private mingle, where we work, vote, read, make love, do
our best to stay in touch with the world around us, speak, go to
exibitions, church and peace rallies – one would find things which had
been unimaginable just hundreds years ago, but are part and parcel of
our world today. The book "Somebody Said Feminism? How Feminism
Affected Women in XXI Century" wants to show that feminism contributed
largely to this, although we are quite often unaware of it.
The books represents 26 young feminist authors from Serbia, some of
which are already known to the local audience and some of which
publish for the first time. By order of their appearance in the book,
these are Dragana Obrenic, Marija Perkovic, Tijana Krstec, Diana
Miladinovic, Milica Lezajic, Jasmina Stevanovic, Lidija Vasiljevic,
Paula Petricevic, Natasa Zlatkovic, Milena Timotijevic, Carna Cosic,
Mima Rasic, Vera Kurtic, Marina Simic, Hana Copic, Jelena Visnjic,
Mirjana Mirosavljevic, Iva Nenic, Ivana Velimirac, Nadja Duhacek,
Jelena Miletic, Katarina Loncarevic, Jana Bacevic, Ana Bukvic, Ksenija
Perisic, Marija Mladenovic and Adriana Zaharijevic.
The texts are dealing with rights and freedoms (vote, work, education,
divorce and abortion), the intersection of public and private (family
and marriage, religion, women's health, prostitution), identities and
differences (lesbians, Roma women, race and gender), representation of
women (language, media, popular culture), arts (literature, theatre,
visual arts), theory and activism (peace politics, globalization of
feminism, anthropology, psychology), and history of feminism.
Along with the individual contributions, the book contains eight
on suffrage timeline, on women presidents and prime
ministers, on famous women in medicine, on female genital mutilation,
on women Nobel prize winners, with a special emphasis on Peace Nobel
prize winners, and on feminist positions and theories (contributed by
Natasa Zlatkovic and Adriana Zaharijevic). Finally, the book provides
a concise historical timeline of important dates for feminism in the
world and Serbia specifically.
448 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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October 10, 2021
Izuzetno realno teorijsko štivo, nastalo na našim prostorima, što je još jedan plus.
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Sve u svemu - preporuka.
Mnogo novih stvari se naučilo, a one poznate se još jednom utvrdile.
Sve u svemu - preporuka.
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