GRADITELJKE DRUGIH PUTEVA
The Women Builders of the Other Roads

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides a polemical review of the two books published within the framework of the newly launched edition of Graditeljke (The Women Builders), initiated by the editor Tatjana Janković as part of the publishing activities of the “Vuk Karadžić” National Library in Kragujevac. Both editions, as well as the circumstances of their publication, are more than relevant in the context of feminist history and the history of feminism in today’s Serbia and former Yugoslavia. These are the following editions: Katarina Bogdanović. 2021. To Talk about New York, ed. by Tatjana Janković, Kragujevac: “Vuk Karadžić” National Library; Selena Dukić. 2022. Yarn. Stories, Travel Reports and Journalistic Articles, ed. by Tatjana Janković, Kragujevac: “Vuk Karadžić” National Library. The first publication is placed in the context of relevant existing research since it functions as a kind of appendix to the already conducted re-constructions of the biography and bibliography of Katarina Bogdanović, which are also briefly outlined in this paper. On the other hand, the pioneering publication of a large part of the oeuvre of Selena Dukić, one of the most talented and inventive Serbian writers who has been largely marginalised so far, is seen as a significant and stimulating contribution not only to the re-construction of the traditionally suppressed history of women’s authorship but also to the current problematisation of the literary field, editorship issue, gender-coded editorial authority and habitus, from a feminist perspective. The present author points to the courage and far-reaching initiatives of women intellectuals such as Katarina Bogdanović, Selena Dukić, Ksenija Atanasijević, insisting on the importance of feminist perspective but also offering directions of its possible deepening and modifications. In this respect, the paper contributes to contemporary (feminist) periodical studies, studies of (women’s) authorship, and intellectual history in general.

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