Filozofija i drustvo 2011 Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages: 219-243
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1101219J
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On gender, subjectivities and experiences: Facing the past and feminist politics of solidarity
Jovanović Deana (Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd)
The main question the article discusses is how and why feminism can reflect
upon multiple differences in Serbia through the idea of solidarity in the
discourse of facing the past. The article pays attention to the connection
between feminist practices and theories, solidarity, and the idea about moral
responsibility. The article opens discussion about (feminist) solidarity seen
as a strategic notion and points out to the politics of exclusion/inclusion
of multiple Others. Attention is devoted to gender categories and
construction of differences, as well as to the potential possibility and the
importance of reflecting upon solidarity with gender diversities. The latter
are briefly depicted through research results of analysis of women’s memory
narratives - nurses and antiwar activists - whose subjectivities, experiences
and gender positions, in their interaction, influenced construction of their
narratives, differences, but also their relationship with the past.
Keywords: gender categories and differences, feminist approach, facing the past, politics of solidarity, subjectivities, experiences