State-Building, Nationalism and Gender Policies Towards Muslim Women in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, ASEEES 2020

Abstract

This paper explores communist gender policies towards Muslim women in socialist Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. It looks at how the communist women's organisations spearheaded various campaigns including the unveiling of Muslim women, for the nationalistic and state-building purposes.

It questions the production of knowledge behind gender policies and examines the reactions and strategies employed by Muslim women, focusing on methods of resistance.