The Hidden History of New Women in Serbian Culture

Svetlana Tomic

doi:10.5771/9781793631992

Summary

Settled in the nineteenth century, a period of national liberation, this book presents facts about the contribution of women to Serbian culture. The story is, however, of an equal contemporary as well as of historical relevance: work of these authors remained hidden as they were neither adequately evaluated in school curriculums and textbooks, nor recognized by the general public. Does the absence from textbooks and literary histories imply their literature is not worth reading? Or, that the histories of literature are simply biased and inadequate? The answers to these questions are elaborated in this book. The author carefully investigates the strategies of historians and official politics of remembrance, arguing that the link between women's education and emancipation of the society has yet to be properly explained. The reader, whether a student, researcher, social scientist, or an intellectual interested in the history, social development, literature, or politics of Serbia, or the Balkan in general, will benefit from the numerous original sources consulted. This book is a reminder that understanding society means uncovering the hidden and giving voice to the ignored, providing evidence that contradicts dominant theories, rather than simply repeating what we are told.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3198-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3199-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 276
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. List of Figures No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Notes No access
1. 1. Male Authority over Knowledge No access
  2. Draga Gavrilović’s Resistance to the Patriarchal Culture and Literature No access
  3. Gendered Norms and Individual Motivations No access
  4. The Degradation of the “Women Who Think” No access
  5. Notes No access
2. 1. Discrepancy in Literary Reception and Historiographical Research No access
  2. Well-Known Biographical Facts No access
  3. New Biographical Insights No access
  4. Correspondence No access
  5. Book of Stories: A Mother and a Son No access
  6. The Book of Aphorisms No access
  7. Notes No access
3. 1. Building a Successful Acting Career No access
  2. An Actress Taking on the World of Writing No access
  3. Grgurova’s Writing in the Context of Serbian Literary Production No access
  4. Practicing Craft in Other Genres No access
  5. Notes No access
4. 1. The Distinctive Feminist Poetics of the First Generation of Serbian Female Writers No access
  2. Jelena J. Dimitrijević’s Feminism and her Travel Writings No access
  3. Comparing Dimitrijević’s Travelogues to the Canonical Serbian Writers of Travel Literature No access
  4. Notes No access
1. 1. The Liberal, Antidogmatic, and Anticlerical Spirit of Dragutin Ilić No access
  2. Queen Natalija’s Novel No access
  3. Perceiving Woman Differently No access
  4. Notes No access
2. 1. Early South Slavic Women Writers of the Children’s Literature and Evaluation of their Work No access
  2. Tera Baba Kozliće No access
  3. Provoking Gender and Cultural Stereotype No access
  4. Predić’s Illustrations No access
  5. “The Third Subjectivity” No access
  6. Notes No access
1. 1. Memoirs and/in Serbian History No access
  2. Women’s Memoirs Rediscovered No access
  3. Memoirs: A Gendered Comparison No access
  4. Notes No access
2. 1. The Main Findings No access
  2. Women Engaged in Translation No access
  3. Notes No access
3. 1. The Most Important Details of Milica Stojadinović’s Life and Work No access
  2. What Happened after the Golden Ages of Milica Stojadinović’s Glory? No access
  3. How Exactly Did Women React to the Skerlić’s Text? No access
  4. Actions with Big Impacts No access
  5. Notes No access
4. 1. Three Groundbreaking Achievements of Srpkinja No access
  2. Correcting and Regulating Public Memory of Significant Women in Serbian Culture No access
  3. The Differences between the Almanac and the Album No access
  4. How It All Started? No access
  5. The Album and the Concept of Women’s Fame No access
  6. The Importance of Srpkinja No access
  7. The Reception of Srpkinja: Its Fate No access
  8. Notes No access
Conclusion No access Pages 227 - 232
1. Original Literary Works No access
2. Secondary Sources No access
Index No access Pages 267 - 274
About the Author No access Pages 275 - 276