Bosnian Girls, Art, and Nationalism - Contemporary Feminist Art From Bosnia and Herzegovina

This book is the first academic study of contemporary Feminist art in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). This book will be of interest to scholars in contemporary art, feminist studies, war and conflict studies, and European studies.

List of contents

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 Duki¿, Lala Raš¿i¿, and Selma Selman 4. Feminising the Gastarbeiter in the work of Mila Pani¿, Saša Tati¿, and Alma Gäanin; Afterword

About the author

Uroš ¿voro 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).

Product details

• Authors: Uros (University of New South Wales) Cvoro, Uroš Čvoro
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032783475
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3278347-5
• No. of pages: 92
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, European History, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / Military / General, ART / Art & Politics, History of art / art & design styles, Warfare & defence, History of Art, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Feminism and feminist theory, History and Archaeology, Art forms, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Armed Conflict, The Arts: art forms, The arts: general topics, ART / European / General