This book uncovers some of the major moments in the fragile and still poorly known herstory of feminist lesbian engagement in Serbia and Croatia. By treating the trauma of war, homophobia, and neoliberal capitalism as a verbally impenetrable experience that longs to be narrated, this monograph explores the ways in which feminist lesbian language has repeatedly emerged in the context of strong patriarchal silencing that has surrounded the armed conflicts of the Yugoslav succession. With an abundance of empirical material, Bilić illuminates a range of courageous but sometimes contested and controversial activist responses to the challenges posed by the violent intersection of misogyny, lesbophobia, poverty, and nationalism. The book renders visible a surprising diversity of activist initiatives and the resilience of transnational affective ties, which testify to the creativity of lesbian activist mobilisations in theambivalent semi-peripheral space that used to be Yugoslavia. Trauma, Violence, and Lesbian Agency in Croatia and Serbia will be of interest to scholars and students researching the history and politics of Eastern Europe, as well as to those working in the fields of political sociology, lesbian and gay studies, gender studies, and queer theory and activism.
By:
Bojan Bilić
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2020 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9783030229597
ISBN 10: 3030229599
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 14 February 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction: In Lesbian Worlds.- 2. Coming Out: Announcing Lesbinality in Yugoslavia.- 3.Times of Splits: Surviving the 1990s.- 4. Away from the Capitals: Decentralising Lesbian Activist Engagement.- 5. Speaking Separately: 2015 Belgrade Lesbian March and Its Antecedents .- 6. In Power?: Ana Brnabić, Abjection, and Class Privilege .- 7. Conclusion: Against the Burdens of the Unspoken .
Bojan Bilić is FCT Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Adjunct Professor of Gender and Social Movements in South East Europe at the School of Political Sciences, University of Bologna (Forlì Campus), Italy.
