Gender and World War II in the Yugoslav Media

This book analyzes how the cultural memory of women's participation in the Yugoslav People's Liberation Struggle (1941-1945), especially female soldiers, was treated in socialist Yugoslavia's popular printed press, and how it contributed to the creation of the figure of the Yugoslav New Woman.

List of contents

Part 1 1. Introduction 2. Yugoslav Media in Theory and Practice - A Brief Overview Part 2 Introduction to Part 2: The Foundations of the Women's Press 3. Žena u borbi: Establishing the Canon of Women's Emancipation 4. Svijet: From Fashion to Emancipation Part 3 Introduction to Part 3: In the Other Women's Press 5. Arena: Working the War, Forgetting the Emancipation 6. Start: Emancipation in the Nude. Concluding Remarks

About the author

Iva Jeluši¿ is a historian interested in social history, women's and gender history, the history of feminism in the state socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and the politics of the past and the development of the cultural memory of World War II in Yugoslavia.

Summary

This book analyzes how the cultural memory of women’s participation in the Yugoslav People’s Liberation Struggle (1941–1945), especially female soldiers, was treated in socialist Yugoslavia’s popular printed press, and how it contributed to the creation of the figure of the Yugoslav New Woman.

Product details

• Authors: Iva (Christian Michelsen Institute Jelusic, Iva Jelušić
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032605425
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260542-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, HISTORY / Women, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Press & journalism, Second World War, Yugoslavia, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-left political ideologies and movements, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Media studies: Journalism, Yugoslavia & Former Yugoslavia, Marxism & Communism, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General