Collection of Drama Magical Touching by Ljubica Ostojić: Uncovering Patriarchal Gender Hegemony in the Mythical Narratives about Female Sexuality Cover Image

Zbirka drama Magijska doticanja Ljubice Ostojić: Razotkrivanje patrijarhalne rodne hegemonije u mitskim narativima o ženskoj seksualnosti
Collection of Drama Magical Touching by Ljubica Ostojić: Uncovering Patriarchal Gender Hegemony in the Mythical Narratives about Female Sexuality

Author(s): Alma Hasukić
Subject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Bosnian Literature
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: women’s dramatic text; mythic narratives; patriarchate; women’s sexuality;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with contemporary Bosnian-Herzegovinian women’s dramatic text that is quite “young” literary phenomenon in Bosnian literature because the first female dramatic text is created in the nineteenth century. Also, the (contemporary) Bosnian-Herzegovinian women’s dramatic text and the dramatic text in general are neglected in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s literary-critical practice where there is only a small number of research papers/ books that interpret dramatic texts or who deal with periodization and systematization of contemporary Bosnian-Herzegovinian drama. Also, there is a small number of papers with new theoretical experience and the perspectives of contemporary drama texts that read out again earlier Bosnian-Herzegovinian literary production. In the end, very small number of scientific papers deal with women’s dramatic text. Collection Magical touching by Ljubica Ostojic with their mythological narrative is a different approach to contemporary social context of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the dominance (post)war, traumatic narratives in Bosnian-Herzegovinian literary practice. With art processing of myth or its deconstruction, Ljubica Ostojic writes dramatic texts that explore identity and function of myth in contemporary culture. Both dramatic texts in the collection Magical touching represent women and her position in a patriarchal community/ culture and time, the gender asymmetry of social power, the relationship between patriarchal community/culture and area of female sexuality. Also, both dramatic texts represent a female perspective, female experience, testify about a symbolic violence and all other form of violence, speak about controlling women and their bodies. Such aspects of dramatic texts can successfully engage them in the area of feminist negotiation.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 62-74
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian