Between Ideals and Reality: Contraception in Socialist Yugoslavia
Between Ideals and Reality: Contraception in Socialist Yugoslavia
Author(s): Ivana Tomić DobrivojevićSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social history, Special Historiographies:, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, History of Communism
Published by: БАЛКАНИСТИЧЕН ФОРУМ - МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТСКИ СЕМИНАР ЗА ПРОУЧВАНИЯ И СПЕЦИАЛИЗАЦИИ
Keywords: Yugoslavia; socialism; contraception; counselling centres; abortion; educational campaigns
Summary/Abstract: This study examines the evolution of contraception in Yugoslavia, focusing on the state’s policies, medical perspectives, and societal attitudes toward birth control. It explores how government initiatives and prevailing cultural norms influenced the acceptance of contraceptives and identifies the factors that led to the population’s hesitancy in adopting them. It draws upon sources from the Archives of Yugoslavia, the Croatian State Archives, and the Archives of Serbia, as well as selected periodicals and relevant medical, demographic, and historiographical literature.
Journal: Balkanistic Worlds
- Issue Year: 1/2025
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 146-170
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
