RUMUNKE U VOJVODINI: ROD I IDENTITET
ROMANIAN WOMEN IN VOJVODINA: GENDER AND IDENTITY

Summary/Abstract: After 15 years of intensive collection of life stories (oral histories) of women in Vojvodina from different national communities (Svenka Savić et al. 1997-2012), we can talk about a rich material which offers a possibility for a comparative analysis in many aspects, including the domain of language, history, sociology, culture. So far, the Project Life Stories of Women in Vojvodina collected and published in separate books 200 different life stories of Hungarian, Slovak, Ruthenian, Romanian, Romani and Croatian women. The basic goal was to show, on the basis of personal experience of the women, how the multicultural community of Vojvodina gradually formed, the community in which these women lived, too, for a very long time, and what the contribution of women to that process was in multicultural Vojvodina. The monograph about the Romanian women, Life Stories of Women in Vojvodina. The Romanian Women (1921-1974), in a comprehensive way and in one place presents the creative achievements and cultural-educational activities of 14 women of Romanian nationality in Vojvodina. In the Preface of the book, in addition to the data about the well-known Romanian women in Vojvodina of the 20th century (who contributed or are still contributing to the cultural development of their national community and the Vojvodina region as a whole), I also present the data about women’s nongovernmental organizations which illustrate the layers of presence of the Romanian women today in this multicultural society. The second part includes the quotations from the life stories of the Romanian women born in the time span between 1921 and 1974 recorded in this book, which testify about the temporal and social context in which they lived. Bearing all that in mind, it is the intention of the author to present the data about these women’s attitude towards gender and identity. Given the fact that the papers on this subject are few, we would like to present the experience of these women and the data that can be used for further research in this field.

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