Doing Gender - Doing the Balkans. Dynamics and Persistence of Gender Relations in Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav successor States

Gender and the Balkans, two categories present in the title of this book, for along time have been defined by hegemonic groups. As a consequence of the research assembled in this volume, it is high time to challenge biologist concepts of gender as well as primordialist views on ethnicity and nationality.

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1. Setting the Agenda: Politics and Society Marina Blagojeviü Hughson: Undoing Gender, Undoing the Balkans: Towards Ethnic and Gender Reconciliation - Marina Katniü-Bakariü: Gender Relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina between Theory and Practice - Andrea Spehar: European Union and Western Balkans: What Prospect for Gender Equality? - Mario Vinkoviü: Prostitution as a Profession Searching for Answers between the Headlines - Petra Bläss-Rafajlovski: Gendering Politics. The Impact of Women Politicians and NGOs in the Western Balkans - 2. Constructions of Gender in Language and the Media Zorica Mreviü: Women experts Public Disbelief in Women Professionals in Serbia - Delina Binaj Gender and Language in Albania - Ljiljana Markoviü Language and Gender in Tertiary-Level Education - Renata ribar: Performing Women and the Socio-Political Regime: Addressing in Socialist Slovenia Compared to Today - Zrinjka Glovacki-Bernardi: Job Advertisements in Croatian Newspapers Gender Perspective - Roswitha Kersten-Pejaniü: Creating Public Concern about a Woman's Ability to Govern the Country: The Case of Jadranka Kosor and the Media - 3. History and Anthropology Rada Drezgiü: Reproduction, Nation, and Masculinity: Serbia in the 1990s - Dean Vuletic: Law, Politics and Homosexuality in Croatia, 19411952 - Natalja Herbst: Women in Socialist Yugoslavia in the 1950s. The Example of Rajka Borojeviü and the Dragaþevo Women's Cooperative - Nataa Mikoviü: Jovanka and Josip Broz Tito: Gender and Power at the Top of Communist Yugoslavia