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Feminist Activism and Theory in Serbia in the 1990s and 2000s

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines feminist engagement within academia and its relationship with feminist movements and community. After a brief review of history of women’s/gender studies in the West, the author turns to domestic context in order to propose some answers to the following questions – what is the relationship between feminist theory and practice; did feminists in academia turn from politics to mere theory; is academic knowledge relevant to feminist movement and broader community and in what sense? As a place of encounter of theory and activism, we consider the essay collection The Feminist Press in Serbia: Theory, Activism and Art Practices in the 1990s and 2000s. The topics explored in this essay collection are feminist press in Serbia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the activities of the related feminists. The aim of the paper is to problematize the complex relationship between feminist theory and practice and to show that the feminism at universities in Serbia, is inherently activist and relevant to the society as a whole.

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