Staging socialist femininity : gender politics and folklore performance in Serbia / by Ana Hofman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hofman, Ana.

Series:

Balkan studies library ; v. 1.

Balkan studies library, 1877-6272 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--Serbia.

Music.

Feminism and music--Serbia.

Feminism and music.

Politics and culture--Serbia.

Politics and culture.

Serbia--Social life and customs.

Serbia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ana Hofman examines the negotiation of the gender performances in Serbian rural areas as a result of the socialist gender policy and creation of the new "femininity" in the public sphere. She focuses on the stage performances of female amateur groups at the Village Gatherings, state-sponsored events held from the 1970's through the mid-1990s in the southeastern Serbian region of Niško Polje. Offering a multifaceted picture of the personal experiences of the socialist ideology of gender equality, Staging Socialist Femininity investigates the complex relationships between personal, interpersonal

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Music Examples; List of Audio and Video Examples on CD; List of Photographs; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter One Gender Performance in Southeastern Serbia; Chapter Two Village Gatherings: The Politics of Representation; Chapter Three Repertoire; Chapter Four Singing Exclusion; Concluding Remarks; References; Appendix One List of Villages and Interlocutors; Appendix Two The Constitution of the Competition of Serbian Villages; Appendix Three Villages - Winners at Republic Level

Appendix Four The Programme of Donja Studena and Gornja Studena Villages (1994)Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-16096-X

9786613160966

90-04-19193-3

OCLC:

741615268