Women at the Crossroads of Worlds: Gender Dynamics and Strategies in the Novels of Jasmina Musabegović Cover Image

Žene na raskrižju svjetova: rodne dinamike i strategije uvbromanima Jasmine Musabegović
Women at the Crossroads of Worlds: Gender Dynamics and Strategies in the Novels of Jasmina Musabegović

Author(s): Indira Durmić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: novel; gender; tradition; identity; war;

Summary/Abstract: Women at the crossroads of worlds: gender dynamics and strategies in Jasmina Musabegovic's novels The paper examines various aspects of women's lives “at the crossroads of worlds” exploring the complex dimensions of their experiences, identities, and role in different social, cultural, and geopolitical contexts. Analysis of gender implications often involves a combination of different theoretical approaches to gain a more complete understanding of how society shapes and reflects gender roles and identities. In the novels by Jasmina Musabegović Skretnice (1986), Most (1994), and Žene. Glasovi. (2005) From the disposition of contemporary feminist epistemology, we (re)interpret the position of a woman who is in a relationship (with someone), and not exclusively in the socially constructed role of an object. By reflecting, on the analyzed novels, women's experiences, gender dynamics, and gender-specific issues through the prism of different feminist perspectives and feminist theoretical practices, we realized that women in traditional societies also developed different strategies that enabled survival, adaptation, and partial coping with the limitations of patriarchal structures. These strategies varied depending on the culture, period, and social context.

  • Issue Year: XV/2024
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 103-118
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian
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