A Holiday as a Cultural Phenomenon – the example of International Women’s Day

Vuković, Ana (2019) A Holiday as a Cultural Phenomenon – the example of International Women’s Day. In: International Scientific Conference Culture and Identities, October 25-27. Mećavnik and Andrićgrad, Book of Abstracts. Социолошко друштво Републике Српске, Српско социолошко друштво Институт за политичке студије, Belgrade, Pale, p. 110. ISBN 978-86-81319-15-4

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Abstract

This paper discusses a holiday as a cultural phenomenon using the example of International Women's Day (IWD), celebrated on 8 March every year. The first part of the paper presents the history and culture of the IWD as important elements for fostering this holiday and for shaping individual and collective women's identities in different social periods. Based on our findings, the final part of the paper analyses how women in our society perceive the IWD and to what extent it is still perceived as part of their female identity in the changed sociocultural circumstances.

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