Feminist Translations in a Socialist Context: The Case of Yugoslavia

Bonfiglioli, Chiara

doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12343

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“…In socialist Yugoslavia, the concept of "brotherhood" within the ideology of brotherhood and unity carried a complex gendered dynamic that exhibited masculinist aspects explored by several authors (Ramet 1998;An delković and Dimitrijević 1999;Dimitrov 2014;Bonfigioli 2018;Tumbas 2022). Even though the term "brotherhood" ostensibly conveyed a sense of camaraderie and unity among diverse ethnic and cultural groups within the country, the gender aspect of this ideology was notably masculinist, reflecting prevailing societal norms centered around patriarchy and heteronormativity.…”

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How to Choreograph a Socialist Society?

Petkovski

2024

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During the existence of Yugoslavia (1945–1991), the leading political ideology of “brotherhood and unity” had to be manifested in all forms of cultural life. Promoting the physically capable body as part of a larger cultural movement, Yugoslavia witnessed the transformation of physical daily regimens into mass bodily spectacles performed at stadiums, called sletovi, demonstrating the power of mass-choreographed discipline. Similarly, Yugoslav choreographers were encouraged to develop a distinct performance aesthetic based on stylization as a rhetoric for modernization, using folk dance as a medium to showcase and promote the collective body of the people through choreographed folklore spectacles. Focusing on these two case studies that exemplify how mass choreography was used as a strategy to choreograph the Yugoslav society, this paper analyzes how political ideologies and their constructions through physicality supported the Yugoslav state project, thereby pointing to the present-day remnants of these aesthetics in the post-Yugoslav republics, evident in mass protests. By utilizing archival and choreographic analysis, I demonstrate how movement and dance impacted the public understanding of unity and helped the creation of a Yugoslav socialist society, drawing from Andrew Hewitt’s thesis on “social choreography”.

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How to Choreograph a Socialist Society?

Petkovski

2024

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“…across Cold War borders) encounters and knowledge transfers. 9 The book argues for an examination of socialist gender politics in Yugoslavia beyond prevailing interpretations of women's lack of agency and pervasive state control.…”

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