1st Edition

Bosnian Girls, Art, and Nationalism Contemporary Feminist Art from Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Uroš Čvoro Copyright 2026
102 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

102 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is the first academic study of contemporary feminist art in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Focusing on art from BiH–a Former Yugoslav republic that has been largely overlooked in the literature–this book demonstrates the unique contributions by artists in understanding the intersection of gender and class with nationalism in a post-conflict society. Examining the historical precedents... Read more

Introduction; 1. Bosnian girls and red feminism against militarist patriarchal nationalism 2. Care in the work of BiH feminist artists 3. Tradition against patriarchy in the work of Sandra Dukić, Lala Raščić, and Selma Selman 4. Feminising the Gastarbeiter in the work of Mila Panić, Saša Tatić, and Alma Gačanin; Afterword

Biography

Uroš Čvoro is Associate Professor in Art Theory at UNSW Sydney. His research interests are contemporary art and politics from the region of Former Yugoslavia, cultural representations of nationalism and post-socialist and post-conflict art. His books include Post-Conflict Monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2020), Transitional Aesthetics: Art at the Edge of Europe (2018), and Turbo-folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia (2014). With Kit Messham-Muir, he is co-author of Images of War in Contemporary Art (2021) and The Trump Effect (2022).