Bojan Bilić
Biographic Data
| ID | 5842938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bojan Bilić |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bojan |
| FAMILY NAME | Bilić |
| SIGNATURE | BILIĆ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9797-1919 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dilemmes de genre postsocialistes: La Marche des lesbiennes de Belgrade de 2015 et ses antécédents
La Marche des lesbiennes de 2015 à Belgrade a constitué le point culminant du mouvement séparatiste lesbien, fragile mais résistant, qui s’est développé dans l’espace (post-)yougoslave au cours des dernières décennies. Dans cet article, je m’appuie sur diverses sources empiriques pour analyser ce rassemblement en le plaçant dans le double contexte de l’histoire de l’organisation des féministes/lesbiennes yougoslaves et de celle, plus large, anglo…
Ana is here: Abjection, class privilege, and the prime minister Ana Brnabic
This paper employs the notion of abjection to explore how debates surrounding Ana Brnabic, the first openly lesbian prime minister in Serbia and Eastern Europe, stir affectively lined layers of prejudice across the political spectrum. Drawing upon a range of empirical sources, I argue that the actors engaging in debates about Brnabic?s both private and public life are entangled in a loop of abjection which, while comprising gender, sexuality, ?ra…
TGNB persons, mental health, and gender binarism in Serbia
Background There are for the time being no systematic studies exploring transgender and non-binary (TGNB) mental health in the Serbian context which, over the last three decades, has been characterized by profound social transformations.Method We draw upon 15 semi-structured interviews with members of a TGNB self-help group operating in Belgrade, Serbia. The material was analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.Results We identified three eleme…
Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space: Sisterhood and Unity
Europeanization, lgbt Activism, and Non-Heteronormativity in the Post-Yugoslav Space: An Introduction
This chapter sets the stage for the volume by introducing the most relevant conceptual instruments for “unpacking” the increasingly potent symbolic nexus that has developed between non-heterosexual sexualities, LGBT activism(s), and Europeanisation(s) in all of the post-Yugoslav states. The volume problematises the trope of “Europeanisation” as linear and approaches it as a complex, dynamic, and troubled “translation” process which reproduces asy…
Between fragmenting and multiplying: Scale-shift processes in Serbian and Croatian antiwar activisms
This paper follows the almost contemporaneous emergence of the two primary antiwar initiatives in Belgrade and Zagreb to explore how they acted as hotbeds from which permanent human rights organizations appeared in the newly created nation-states. Drawing mostly upon in-depth interviews with antiwar activists from Serbia and Croatia, I argue that the dominant patterns of protest expansion were different in the two countries. While cooperation and…
We Were Gasping for Air: [Post-]Yugoslav Anti-War Activism and its Legacy
Positioned at the interface between historical sociology, anthropology, and social movement studies, We Were Gasping for Air: [Post-]Yugoslav Anti-War Activism and Its Legacy goes beyond the widely exploited paradigms of nationalism and civil society to track the (post-)Yugoslav anti-war protest cycle which unfolded throughout the 1990s. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in the region, the author argues that (post-)Yugoslav anti-war activism canno…
Not in our name: Collective identity of the Serbian Women in Black
The Belgrade-based activist group Women in Black has been for twenty years now articulating a feminist anti-war stance in an inimical socio-political climate. The operation of this anti-patriarchal and anti-militarist organization, which has resisted numerous instances of repression, has not been until now systematically approached from a social movement perspective. This paper draws upon a range of empirical methods, comprising life-story interv…
A concept that is everything and nothing: Why not to study (post-)Yugoslav anti-war and pacifist contention from a civil society perspective
This paper draws upon a variety of empirical sources to start critically examining the concept of civil society in the context of both (post-)Yugoslav anti-war and pacifist contention and the civic engagement stemming from it in the nationally fragmented post-Yugoslav space. I argue that civil society can no longer be meaningfully used for understanding the complex geometry of social, political and personal interactions, cooperation's and resista…
(Post-)Yugoslav anti-war engagement: A research topic awaiting attention
(Post-)Yugoslav anti-war contention has remained an under-theorised topic almost twenty years after the end of the wars of Yugoslav succession. Rather than focusing on the ?ontogenesis? of individual pacifist enterprises, this paper examines the reasons for which (post-)Yugoslav anti-war activisms have been marginalised in recent East European sociological scholarship. I argue that a thorough appreciation of these phenomena requires a Yugoslav/re…
Bourdieu and social movements theories: Some preliminary remarks on a possible conceptual cross-fertilization in the context of (post-)Yugoslav anti-war and peace activism
This paper puts forth and calls for further unpacking of a potentially fruitful conceptual cross-fertilization between various social movements theories and Bourdieu?s sociology of practice. Following some of my most important predecessors, I argue that this theoretical hybridization could accommodate many threads of social movements research that otherwise would not cohere into a rounded theory. Bourdieu?s powerful conceptual armoury is both par…
Representations of “Mental Illness” in Serbian Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
The media are among the primary sources of information on "mental illness" for the general public. This article presents an overview of the representations of "mental illness" in Serbian daily newspapers covering a two-year period, 2003 and 2004. A critical discourse analytic approach was employed to identify the discourses drawn upon to construct versions of "mental illness," the textual strategies through which these versions are constructed, a…
Representations of “Mental Illness” in Serbian Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
The media are among the primary sources of information on "mental illness" for the general public. This article presents an overview of the representations of "mental illness" in Serbian daily newspapers covering a two-year period, 2003 and 2004. A critical discourse analytic approach was employed to identify the discourses drawn upon to construct versions of "mental illness," the textual strategies through which these versions are constructed, a…
Not in our name: Collective identity of the Serbian Women in Black
The Belgrade-based activist group Women in Black has been for twenty years now articulating a feminist anti-war stance in an inimical socio-political climate. The operation of this anti-patriarchal and anti-militarist organization, which has resisted numerous instances of repression, has not been until now systematically approached from a social movement perspective. This paper draws upon a range of empirical methods, comprising life-story interv…
Europeanization, lgbt Activism, and Non-Heteronormativity in the Post-Yugoslav Space: An Introduction
This chapter sets the stage for the volume by introducing the most relevant conceptual instruments for “unpacking” the increasingly potent symbolic nexus that has developed between non-heterosexual sexualities, LGBT activism(s), and Europeanisation(s) in all of the post-Yugoslav states. The volume problematises the trope of “Europeanisation” as linear and approaches it as a complex, dynamic, and troubled “translation” process which reproduces asy…
Representations of “Mental Illness” in Serbian Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
The media are among the primary sources of information on "mental illness" for the general public. This article presents an overview of the representations of "mental illness" in Serbian daily newspapers covering a two-year period, 2003 and 2004. A critical discourse analytic approach was employed to identify the discourses drawn upon to construct versions of "mental illness," the textual strategies through which these versions are constructed, a…
Bourdieu and social movements theories: Some preliminary remarks on a possible conceptual cross-fertilization in the context of (post-)Yugoslav anti-war and peace activism
This paper puts forth and calls for further unpacking of a potentially fruitful conceptual cross-fertilization between various social movements theories and Bourdieu?s sociology of practice. Following some of my most important predecessors, I argue that this theoretical hybridization could accommodate many threads of social movements research that otherwise would not cohere into a rounded theory. Bourdieu?s powerful conceptual armoury is both par…
A concept that is everything and nothing: Why not to study (post-)Yugoslav anti-war and pacifist contention from a civil society perspective
This paper draws upon a variety of empirical sources to start critically examining the concept of civil society in the context of both (post-)Yugoslav anti-war and pacifist contention and the civic engagement stemming from it in the nationally fragmented post-Yugoslav space. I argue that civil society can no longer be meaningfully used for understanding the complex geometry of social, political and personal interactions, cooperation's and resista…
(Post-)Yugoslav anti-war engagement: A research topic awaiting attention
(Post-)Yugoslav anti-war contention has remained an under-theorised topic almost twenty years after the end of the wars of Yugoslav succession. Rather than focusing on the ?ontogenesis? of individual pacifist enterprises, this paper examines the reasons for which (post-)Yugoslav anti-war activisms have been marginalised in recent East European sociological scholarship. I argue that a thorough appreciation of these phenomena requires a Yugoslav/re…
We Were Gasping for Air: [Post-]Yugoslav Anti-War Activism and its Legacy
Positioned at the interface between historical sociology, anthropology, and social movement studies, We Were Gasping for Air: [Post-]Yugoslav Anti-War Activism and Its Legacy goes beyond the widely exploited paradigms of nationalism and civil society to track the (post-)Yugoslav anti-war protest cycle which unfolded throughout the 1990s. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in the region, the author argues that (post-)Yugoslav anti-war activism canno…
Not in our name: Collective identity of the Serbian Women in Black
The Belgrade-based activist group Women in Black has been for twenty years now articulating a feminist anti-war stance in an inimical socio-political climate. The operation of this anti-patriarchal and anti-militarist organization, which has resisted numerous instances of repression, has not been until now systematically approached from a social movement perspective. This paper draws upon a range of empirical methods, comprising life-story interv…
Between fragmenting and multiplying: Scale-shift processes in Serbian and Croatian antiwar activisms
This paper follows the almost contemporaneous emergence of the two primary antiwar initiatives in Belgrade and Zagreb to explore how they acted as hotbeds from which permanent human rights organizations appeared in the newly created nation-states. Drawing mostly upon in-depth interviews with antiwar activists from Serbia and Croatia, I argue that the dominant patterns of protest expansion were different in the two countries. While cooperation and…
Europeanization, lgbt Activism, and Non-Heteronormativity in the Post-Yugoslav Space: An Introduction
This chapter sets the stage for the volume by introducing the most relevant conceptual instruments for “unpacking” the increasingly potent symbolic nexus that has developed between non-heterosexual sexualities, LGBT activism(s), and Europeanisation(s) in all of the post-Yugoslav states. The volume problematises the trope of “Europeanisation” as linear and approaches it as a complex, dynamic, and troubled “translation” process which reproduces asy…
Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space: Sisterhood and Unity
Dilemmes de genre postsocialistes: La Marche des lesbiennes de Belgrade de 2015 et ses antécédents
La Marche des lesbiennes de 2015 à Belgrade a constitué le point culminant du mouvement séparatiste lesbien, fragile mais résistant, qui s’est développé dans l’espace (post-)yougoslave au cours des dernières décennies. Dans cet article, je m’appuie sur diverses sources empiriques pour analyser ce rassemblement en le plaçant dans le double contexte de l’histoire de l’organisation des féministes/lesbiennes yougoslaves et de celle, plus large, anglo…
Ana is here: Abjection, class privilege, and the prime minister Ana Brnabic
This paper employs the notion of abjection to explore how debates surrounding Ana Brnabic, the first openly lesbian prime minister in Serbia and Eastern Europe, stir affectively lined layers of prejudice across the political spectrum. Drawing upon a range of empirical sources, I argue that the actors engaging in debates about Brnabic?s both private and public life are entangled in a loop of abjection which, while comprising gender, sexuality, ?ra…
TGNB persons, mental health, and gender binarism in Serbia
Background There are for the time being no systematic studies exploring transgender and non-binary (TGNB) mental health in the Serbian context which, over the last three decades, has been characterized by profound social transformations.Method We draw upon 15 semi-structured interviews with members of a TGNB self-help group operating in Belgrade, Serbia. The material was analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.Results We identified three eleme…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Serbian (4 works)