“White Plague” or Population Decline in Serbia: On the Nation, Gender, and Birth Rate at the Turn of the Century
Publisher: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade Published: 2010 ISBN: 978-86-6081-052-8 Pages: 198 Co-Publisher: Albatros plus, Belgrade Edition: Fronesis Author(s)/Editors: Rada Drezgić Share: More Details Description:
The book analyzes discourses about population and abortion in the period between 1986 and 1997 in Serbia. The analysis includes expert and research texts, as well as expert reports and parliamentary debates. The book also features the voice of Serbian feminists, as critics of the nationalist policy of birth rate, that is, the patriarchal appropriation of female bodies for the needs of shaping and reproducing the nation.