Not a Woman, and Not Quite Myself: Serbian Women's Writing as an Allegory of Identity Cover Image

Nisam žena, nisam sasvim ja: srpski ženski roman kao alegorija o identitetu
Not a Woman, and Not Quite Myself: Serbian Women's Writing as an Allegory of Identity

Author(s): Vladislava Gordić Petković
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Keywords: novel; women's writing; allegory; identity;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with generic and topical repercussions of the search for identity, observed within contemporary women's writing in Serbia. Novels by Vida Ognjenović, Ljubica Arsić and Mirjana Mitrović tread new paths in reading (auto)biography, taking it either as an experiment with identity, or a study on gender issues.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 08-09
  • Page Range: 149-153
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Serbian