Zeugmatic Spaces: East/Central European Feminisms
Zeugmatic Spaces: East/Central European Feminisms

Author(s): Mihaela Mudure
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Gender history
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Summary/Abstract: THIS ARTICLE COMES FROM A SENSE OF DISCONTENT THAT THE CULTURAL POSITION OF EAST/CENTRAL EUROPEAN FEMINISMS HAS NOT BEEN THEORIZED ENOUGH IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER NON-FIRST WORLD FEMINISMS. I USE A RHETORICAL FIGURE, ZEUGMA, IN ORDER TO UNDERPIN THE SPECIFICITY AND THE COMMONALITIES OF THE POST-COMMUNIST AREA FEMINISMS AS COMPARED TO THE HEGEMONIC FEMINISMS OF THE WORLD, OR TO THIRD WORLD FEMINISMS. ZEUGMA (FROM AN ANCIENT GREEK WORD MEANING ‘BRIDGE’) IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT RELIES ON BALANCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF GRAMMATICAL DIFFERENCE. AN ALMOST PERFECT CULTURAL SPACE SHIFTER, EAST/CENTRAL EUROPE PRODUCES FEMINIST DISCOURSES THAT CONSTITUTE ZEUGMATIC SPACES IN THE WORLDWIDE CONCERTO OF WORLD FEMINISMS.

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