‘If You Are a Girl, Stay at Home’ – An Ethnographic Examination of Female Social Engagement from the Rural 19th Century to Contemporary Political Protests in Macedonia Cover Image

‘If You Are a Girl, Stay at Home’ – An Ethnographic Examination of Female Social Engagement from the Rural 19th Century to Contemporary Political Protests in Macedonia
‘If You Are a Girl, Stay at Home’ – An Ethnographic Examination of Female Social Engagement from the Rural 19th Century to Contemporary Political Protests in Macedonia

Author(s): Ilina Jakimovska
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Political behavior, Politics and society, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: gender roles; power struggle; women; protests; abortion; ethnography; Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: Balkan history has been presented, in gender terms, as a history of oppressed women, stark patriarchy and male domination. This narrative has rarely been questioned, its echoes still lingering in the corridors of those disciplines that helped its creation and promotion. Being one of them, ethnology can, and should play a central role in the deconstruction of the role of women in the so-called traditional cultures, thus establishing a potential continuity between their past and their present struggles.

  • Issue Year: 28/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 41-50
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English