Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space: Sisterhood and Unity

by Bojan Bilić (Editor), Marija Radoman (Editor)

This book intertwines academic and activist voices to engage with more than three decades of lesbian activism in the Yugoslav space. The empirically rich contributions uncover a range of lesbian initiatives and the fundamental, but rarely acknowledged, role that lesbian alliances have played in articulating a feminist response to the upsurge of nationalism, widespread violence against women, and high levels of lesbophobia and homophobia in all of the post-Yugoslav states. By offering a distinctly intergenerational and transnational perspective, this collection does not only shed new light on a severely marginalised group of people, but constitutes a pioneering effort in accounting for the intricacies – solidarities, joys, and tensions – of lesbian activist organising in a post-conflict and post-socialist environment. With a plethora of authorial standpoints and innovative methodological approaches, the volume challenges the systematic absence of (post-)Yugoslav lesbian activist enterprises from recent social science scholarship.Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, history, politics, anthropology, and sociology.

Genres: LGBT, Nonfiction

239 pages, Hardcover

Published July 17, 2018

Reviews

[Sara G · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Rather than dusty repositories of bygone times, archives are breathing spaces which contain seeds of the future."

I've read this essay collection a few times, picking it up to skim or look for references or sometimes just to see other people's words, people from here, in this place, still. I think it's a good one. A good look at this place, time, people.