“I am Jugoslovenka!”

"'Examining both well-known and heretofore neglected artists, this book provides a nuanced discussion of gender, feminism and identity politics in the region. It also serves to widen the discussion about feminist performance practices and strategies beyond the canonical west.' Amy Bryzgel, Professor of Film and Visual Culture, University of Aberdeen '""I am Jugoslovenka!"" is an essential, nuanced feminist intervention into Yugoslav studies. In discussing Yugoslav feminist performance politics, the book places artists and performers as divergent as Marina Abramovic, Lepa Brena and Esma Redžepova side by side. Tumbas effectively dismantles elitist hierarchies about ""high"" and ""low"" cultural production and feminist praxis during and after Yugoslavia.' Dijana Jelaca, Brooklyn College 'Jasmina Tumbas’s book surveys the cultural landscape of late socialist Yugoslavia to reveal the figure of “Jugoslovenka” as an innovative theoretical construct that captures the simultaneity of emancipatory opportunities and entrenched patriarchy. Imaginative and original, it provides a much-needed extension of the ongoing feminist reassessment of state socialism to the field of art history.' Vladimir Kulic, Associate Professor of Architectural History, Iowa State University 'Tumbas's sensitive awareness of historical context is made in the deft interweaving of visual cultural analysis with the author's story as a refugee from Vojvodina in Germany in the early 1990s...' Art Monthly 'I am Jugoslovenka!"" presents a supremely compact overview of performance politics during and after Yugoslav socialism, providing elaborated examples and visual analysis of numerous performances, events or figures that were seen as agents of female emancipation and empowerment. As Jasmina Tumbas not only expertly chooses and compiles the existing research material, but also engages in producing novel approaches and theoretical concepts that will, hopefully, initiate future interest and interpretations.' Dr. Jana Dolecki -- ."