1st Edition

Gender, Nation and Women Politicians in Serbia and Kosovo A Political Ethnography

192 Pages

by Routledge

192 Pages

by Routledge

192 Pages

by Routledge

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This book examines the ways women politicians in Serbia and Kosovo have imagined, constructed, and politicised national identity and gender while engaging with politics in the context of the democratisation process. The first book to focus on the work of women inside political structures, it draws on participant observation and interview material to answer the question of how women in positions... Read more

Introduction

1. Women Politicians and the Nation: Ethnie, Birth, Tragedy, from ‘I’ to ‘We’

2. Women Politicians, Blood and Roots

3. Women Politicians and Symbols, Myths, and Rituals

4. Women Politicians and Women’s Participation in Nationalist Projects: Women as Biological Reproducers

5. Women Politicians and Women’s Participation in Nationalist Projects: Women as Drawers of Political, Ideological, and Symbolic Boundaries and Transmitters of Culture

6. Women Politicians and Women’s Participation in Nationalist Projects: Women as Signifiers of Ethnic and National Differences and Women as Active Participants in Ethnie and Nationalist Struggles

7. Women Politicians, Gender, Nation and Democratisation: Entering the ‘Oda’, Patriarchal Bargains and Survival Strategies

Conclusion: Contribution, Limitations, and Future Research