Polona Sitar
Biographic Data
| ID | 374304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Polona Sitar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Polona |
| FAMILY NAME | Sitar |
| SIGNATURE | SITAR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Primorska |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8002-2810 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Class Privilege and Spiritual Capital: The Case of Feminist-Spiritualist Menstrual Movement the Red Tent in Slovenia
This article examines the Red Tent movement in Slovenia as a form of feminist-spiritualist menstrual activism, framing menstruation as sacred and empowering and offering ritual and emotional care while challenging patriarchal, capitalist, and religious norms. Drawing from ethnographic data including participant observation and interviews, the study critically examines how these gatherings navigate issues of inclusivity, particularly concerning so…
Fur coat socialism: Social class and gender in socialist Yugoslavia
This article explores gendered notions of the meaning, symbolism and history of wearing a fur coat during the period of socialist Slovenia and Yugoslavia, situated within the wider context of state policy, economy, and ideology. It studies profiles of women wearing fur coats, what message they were trying to convey and how they perceived their identities of a fashionably dressed socialist woman. The main aim is to examine how socialist ideals wer…
The Politics of Menstruation
Menstrual blood is still regarded as embarrassing and taboo in many places all over the world. This article focuses on the study of the Red Tent as an example of feminist-spiritual menstrual activism established in 2007 in the US because it represents an important form of breaking the menstrual taboo. Although contemporary spiritualities present themselves as nonhierarchical and gender equal, spirituality and well-being in the women's circles is …
Agrikulturna modernizacija in življenjski svet podjetnih polkmetov
Pričujoč članek proučuje značilnosti ekonomske zgodovine slovenskega podeželja v socialistični Sloveniji skozi perspektivo sprememb, ki jih nakup modernih agrarnih tehnoloških naprav prinese v kmečka gospodinjstva. Temelji na konceptu integrirane kmečke ekonomije, ki pojasnjuje, da so se kmečka gospodinjstva preživljala s kombiniranjem samooskrbnega kmetijstva in tržno usmerjenih dejavnosti in pod drobnogled vzame kmečke družine polkmetov (t.i. p…
Workers becoming tourists and consumers: Social history of tourism in socialist Slovenia and Yugoslavia
This article outlines how citizens of socialist Slovenia spent their leisure time, where and when they went on holidays, and what role consumption played during those times. It is based on the argument that tourism as a form of modern leisure is associated with consumption, wherefore consumerism and tourism are interconnected phenomena. While also arguing that labour and leisure are entwined, the article studies the mutually constructive relation…
Female trouble: Menstrual Hygiene, Shame and Socialism
Drawing on semi-structured interviews, and an analysis of advertisements for menstrual hygiene products in socialist Slovenia and wider Yugoslavia, this article seeks to contribute to the scholarship on menstruation. There are tensions in the public language of the socialist system, how women perceive menstruation and the messages conveyed through these advertisements. The choices made by women in relation to their views of these products assist …
The Right Step towards a Woman’s Satisfaction?”: Washing Machine as a New Piece of Technology and the Construction of the Role of Women as Housewives in Socialist Slovenia
This article discusses political implications of the fact that technological development and consumption in socialism are nowadays shown as a failed project of the socialist production. This generates a view that the Yugoslav socialism was never a part of modernity. The paper also argues that, unlike in the case of non-mechanical hand washing, the washing machine as a new piece of technology enabled the participation of men in doing laundry for t…
Workers becoming tourists and consumers: Social history of tourism in socialist Slovenia and Yugoslavia
This article outlines how citizens of socialist Slovenia spent their leisure time, where and when they went on holidays, and what role consumption played during those times. It is based on the argument that tourism as a form of modern leisure is associated with consumption, wherefore consumerism and tourism are interconnected phenomena. While also arguing that labour and leisure are entwined, the article studies the mutually constructive relation…
The Right Step towards a Woman’s Satisfaction?”: Washing Machine as a New Piece of Technology and the Construction of the Role of Women as Housewives in Socialist Slovenia
This article discusses political implications of the fact that technological development and consumption in socialism are nowadays shown as a failed project of the socialist production. This generates a view that the Yugoslav socialism was never a part of modernity. The paper also argues that, unlike in the case of non-mechanical hand washing, the washing machine as a new piece of technology enabled the participation of men in doing laundry for t…
The Right Step towards a Woman’s Satisfaction?”: Washing Machine as a New Piece of Technology and the Construction of the Role of Women as Housewives in Socialist Slovenia
This article discusses political implications of the fact that technological development and consumption in socialism are nowadays shown as a failed project of the socialist production. This generates a view that the Yugoslav socialism was never a part of modernity. The paper also argues that, unlike in the case of non-mechanical hand washing, the washing machine as a new piece of technology enabled the participation of men in doing laundry for t…
Female trouble: Menstrual Hygiene, Shame and Socialism
Drawing on semi-structured interviews, and an analysis of advertisements for menstrual hygiene products in socialist Slovenia and wider Yugoslavia, this article seeks to contribute to the scholarship on menstruation. There are tensions in the public language of the socialist system, how women perceive menstruation and the messages conveyed through these advertisements. The choices made by women in relation to their views of these products assist …
Workers becoming tourists and consumers: Social history of tourism in socialist Slovenia and Yugoslavia
This article outlines how citizens of socialist Slovenia spent their leisure time, where and when they went on holidays, and what role consumption played during those times. It is based on the argument that tourism as a form of modern leisure is associated with consumption, wherefore consumerism and tourism are interconnected phenomena. While also arguing that labour and leisure are entwined, the article studies the mutually constructive relation…
Agrikulturna modernizacija in življenjski svet podjetnih polkmetov
Pričujoč članek proučuje značilnosti ekonomske zgodovine slovenskega podeželja v socialistični Sloveniji skozi perspektivo sprememb, ki jih nakup modernih agrarnih tehnoloških naprav prinese v kmečka gospodinjstva. Temelji na konceptu integrirane kmečke ekonomije, ki pojasnjuje, da so se kmečka gospodinjstva preživljala s kombiniranjem samooskrbnega kmetijstva in tržno usmerjenih dejavnosti in pod drobnogled vzame kmečke družine polkmetov (t.i. p…
The Politics of Menstruation
Menstrual blood is still regarded as embarrassing and taboo in many places all over the world. This article focuses on the study of the Red Tent as an example of feminist-spiritual menstrual activism established in 2007 in the US because it represents an important form of breaking the menstrual taboo. Although contemporary spiritualities present themselves as nonhierarchical and gender equal, spirituality and well-being in the women's circles is …
Class Privilege and Spiritual Capital: The Case of Feminist-Spiritualist Menstrual Movement the Red Tent in Slovenia
This article examines the Red Tent movement in Slovenia as a form of feminist-spiritualist menstrual activism, framing menstruation as sacred and empowering and offering ritual and emotional care while challenging patriarchal, capitalist, and religious norms. Drawing from ethnographic data including participant observation and interviews, the study critically examines how these gatherings navigate issues of inclusivity, particularly concerning so…
Fur coat socialism: Social class and gender in socialist Yugoslavia
This article explores gendered notions of the meaning, symbolism and history of wearing a fur coat during the period of socialist Slovenia and Yugoslavia, situated within the wider context of state policy, economy, and ideology. It studies profiles of women wearing fur coats, what message they were trying to convey and how they perceived their identities of a fashionably dressed socialist woman. The main aim is to examine how socialist ideals wer…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Socialism (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Communism (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (2 works) · Consumption (sociology (2 works)