Transgender in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Lives, Activisms, Culture
1st Edition
Published on 21. September 2022
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-4473-6761-1 (ISBN)
Description
Written by an interdisciplinary collective of authors, this powerful book documents the largely unknown histories and politics of trans lives, activisms, and culture across the post-Yugoslav states.
The volume sheds light on a diversity of gender embodiments and explores how they have navigated the murky waters of war, capitalism, and transphobia while forging a niche for themselves within the regional and transnational LGBTQ movements.
By unleashing the knowledge concentrated in trans lives, this book not only resists trans erasures in Eastern Europe, but also underscores the potential for survival, self-transformation, and engagement in politically challenging circumstances.
The volume sheds light on a diversity of gender embodiments and explores how they have navigated the murky waters of war, capitalism, and transphobia while forging a niche for themselves within the regional and transnational LGBTQ movements.
By unleashing the knowledge concentrated in trans lives, this book not only resists trans erasures in Eastern Europe, but also underscores the potential for survival, self-transformation, and engagement in politically challenging circumstances.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 241 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6761-1 (9781447367611)
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Persons
Bojan Bilic is Lise Meitner Fellow at the University of Vienna and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna.
Iwo Nord is Lecturer at DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia and Soedertoern University.
Aleksa Milanovic is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Singidunum University.
Iwo Nord is Lecturer at DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia and Soedertoern University.
Aleksa Milanovic is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Singidunum University.
Editor
Editor, Transgender in the Post-Yugoslav Space: Lives, Activisms, Culture
Contributions
Justus Liebig University Giessen
AUE FON University
Geten, Center for LGBTIQ People's Rights
Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zuerich
Infrastructure Canada
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS), Universitaet Goettingen
Association Spektra
Geten, Center for LGBTIQ People's Rights
Independent Researcher
Content
Foreword: The Yellow Brick Road of trans queer survival in Yugoslavia and after - Agatha Milan Duric
Introduction: In post-Yugoslav trans worlds - Bojan Bilic, Iwo Nord, and Aleksa Milanovic
Part 1: Lives
1. Transgender lives in North Macedonia: citizenship, violence, and networks of support - Slavcho Dimitrov
2. The resilience of trans existence through solidarity in Montenegro: (non)pathologising narratives of transgender lives - Jovan Ulicevic and Carna Brkovic
3. Transgender and non-binary persons, mental health, and gender binarism in Serbia - Jelena Vidic and Bojan Bilic
Part 2: Activisms
4. From survival to activism: tracing trans history in Kosovo from the 1970s onwards - Lura Limani
5. Tortuous paths towards trans futures: the trans movement in Slovenia - Martin Gramc
6. (Post)socialist gender troubles: transphobia in Serbian leftist activism - Bojan Bilic
Part 3: Culture
7. Trans artivism in the post-Yugoslav space: resistance and inclusion strategies in action - Aleksa Milanovic
8. 'The truth is what is in the body': an interview with Aleks Zain - Sladana Brankovic
9. Queering sevdah: gender-nonconformity in the traditional music of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Tea Hadziristic
Introduction: In post-Yugoslav trans worlds - Bojan Bilic, Iwo Nord, and Aleksa Milanovic
Part 1: Lives
1. Transgender lives in North Macedonia: citizenship, violence, and networks of support - Slavcho Dimitrov
2. The resilience of trans existence through solidarity in Montenegro: (non)pathologising narratives of transgender lives - Jovan Ulicevic and Carna Brkovic
3. Transgender and non-binary persons, mental health, and gender binarism in Serbia - Jelena Vidic and Bojan Bilic
Part 2: Activisms
4. From survival to activism: tracing trans history in Kosovo from the 1970s onwards - Lura Limani
5. Tortuous paths towards trans futures: the trans movement in Slovenia - Martin Gramc
6. (Post)socialist gender troubles: transphobia in Serbian leftist activism - Bojan Bilic
Part 3: Culture
7. Trans artivism in the post-Yugoslav space: resistance and inclusion strategies in action - Aleksa Milanovic
8. 'The truth is what is in the body': an interview with Aleks Zain - Sladana Brankovic
9. Queering sevdah: gender-nonconformity in the traditional music of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Tea Hadziristic