Trauma, Violence, and Lesbian Agency in Croatia and Serbia: Building Better Times

Intro -- Contents -- 1: Introduction: In Lesbian Worlds -- At the Crossroads of Trauma -- Towards an Archaeology of Lesbian Speakability -- Talking Across Difference -- Twin Cultures: Comparing/Connecting -- References -- 2: Coming Out: Announcing Lesbianity in Yugoslavia -- Yugoslav Feminist Meetings -- Ljubljana -- Zagreb -- Belgrade -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Times of Splits: Surviving the 1990s -- Serbia: From Arkadija to Labris -- Croatia: From Lila to Ligma -- Kontra and the Lesbian "Proto-Pride" -- Again Together: Power of the Cunt Manifesto -- Pohorje 1997 -- Sombor 2000 -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Away from the Capitals: Decentralising Lesbian Activist Engagement -- Lesbian Organisation Rijeka (LORI) -- Novi Sad Lesbian Organisation -- Stage One: Ghetto -- Stage Two: Black House -- Stage Three: Materra Place (Materra Mesto) -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Speaking Separately: 2015 Belgrade Lesbian March and Its Antecedents -- Lesbian Separatism: A Rebellious Pariah -- Turning Point: 1978 Conference Comrade Woman -- 2015 Belgrade Lesbian March -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: In Power? Ana Brnabić, Abjection, and Class Privilege -- "Humanising" an "Abject Lesbian" -- Class Privilege and Legal (In)Visibility -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Conclusion: Against the Burdens of the Unspoken -- Lesbian Rhizomes -- Feminist Parrhesia -- References -- References -- Index.