Women and Industry in the Balkans
«[A]n engaging text ... Bonfiglioli’s book will be a mandatory reference for those interested not only in intersections of industrial labour, gender and class in socialism and post-socialism, but also in questions that shape current debates in the field of global labour history.»
Social History
Women's emancipation through productive labour was a key tenet of socialist politics in post-World War II Yugoslavia. Mass industrialisation under Tito led many young women to join traditionally 'feminised' sectors, and as a consequence the textile sector grew rapidly, fast becoming a gendered symbol of industrialisation, consumption and socialist modernity. Les mer
In the process, the book explores broader questions about memories of socialism, lingering feelings of attachment to the socialist welfare system and the complexity of the post-socialist era. This is important reading for all scholars working on the history and politics of Yugoslavia and the Balkans, oral history, memory studies and gender studies.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- I.B. Tauris
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 232
- ISBN
- 9780755636006
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«[A]n engaging text ... Bonfiglioli’s book will be a mandatory reference for those interested not only in intersections of industrial labour, gender and class in socialism and post-socialism, but also in questions that shape current debates in the field of global labour history.»
Social History
«From here, exciting scholarly debate can proceed. ... Chiara Bonfiglioli’s book provides a valuable discussion of gendered work during socialist and especially, postsocialist deindustrialization and exploitative reindustrialization in Yugoslavia and its successor states.»
Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gende
«It is thanks to books like this that such examples of resistance and resilience are kept alive ... socially engaged and empathic, yet critical and academically sound, works of this kind are sorely needed.»
European Journal of Women’s Studies
«An engaging and complex read that allows us to enter the world of individual experiences entangled in political, economic and social processes.»
Wagadu