CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Vujovic, Sara |
|---|---|
| Title | Modern Urbanites in Space and Time: Urbanization and Social Inequalities in 1960s Belgrade |
| Summary | In this thesis, I explore the processes of socialist urbanization and modernization in 1960s Belgrade. Thinking of the urban as a spatio-temporal configuration, I focus on urbanization as a process that produced and reflected social inequalities in space and time. Guided by Manuel Castells’ concept of the urban as collective consumption, I explore how social inequalities were spatialized through unequal access to housing and infrastructure. By focusing on temporality as both a dimension of the urban and as a discursive tool, I consider the role of discourse on hygiene and proper dwelling in the production of the image of the modern socialist urban citizen against the image of the backward rural dweller. I connect these to discussions of the broader project of socialist modernization and the production of modern socialist urbanites. By examining novel sources such as various manuals on proper living, I contribute to the existing literature by considering the urbanization project as a “civilizing mission” that sought to produce and legitimize a particular socialist cultural order. The discussion thus connects to the broader theme of Yugoslav socialism and twentieth century socialism in general. |
| Supervisor | Bodnár, Judit Ilona; Cucu, Alina-Sandra |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/vujovic_sara.pdf |
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