DISOBEDIENT STREETWALKERS AND TRAITORS. ACTIVISM IN THE (POST-)YUGOSLAV SPACE

Discover a fascinating story about activists who dared to cross borders in the post-Yugoslav space. This book is an ethnographic journey through disobedience, disloyalty, and refusal, which became the foundation of their struggle for peace and justice. Get to know the stories of women who were not afraid to be "deserters" and "traitors," constantly questioning citizenship regimes and identity orders.

• Crossing borders: Geopolitical, physical, ethnic, national, and personal.
• Harassment of regimes: Constant questioning of citizenship and identity.
• Revealing forbidden memories: Uncovering state-sanctioned practices of forgetting.
• Testimony of the times: Analysis and archiving of lived experiences.
• Alternative genealogies: Recognizing the diversity of activist practices in non-Western contexts.

This book makes a significant contribution to the anthropology of activism, filling a gap in Western scholarship by recognizing alternative genealogies and the diversity of activist practices in non-Western contexts. The author takes us through long-term field studies, offering a meticulous description that exemplifies the "ethnography of detail." It shows how specific power structures and political regimes manifest in the everyday actions of specific people at a specific time and place.

In this book, you will not find a tame collection of figures of the Balkan imagination. There is no picturesque exoticism, no pretty landscapes or tasty dishes. Instead, the author focuses on the problem of memory and war, without scaring with plastic images of massacres or rapes. The "Balkans" in her interpretation are primarily a space of politics, ideology and activism.

The Jagiellonian University Press presents this publication as an important voice in the discussion about activism and memory in the post-Yugoslav space. This book, with 324 pages in 237x170 mm format and paperback, is not only a valuable source of knowledge, but also an inspiration for further research and reflection on the role of activism in shaping society.