| Summary: | Observing the city as a system of signs - the names of streets, monuments,
architectural elements and entities through which the state and other
institutions of power reflect the desired social narratives, including
gendered reading of the public urban space. Focusing on the presence of
women and the discourses of their representation in space, it indicates how,
through the aforementioned sign system, gender power is inscribed in the
city map. Relying on such a concept, this text problematizes street names as
one of the indicators of the presence of women and women's history in the
memory of the city and urban identity policies. Therefore, the analysis
included: quantitative share of female anthroponyms in the total urban
street names, structure of street terminology, roles and social
contributions of women commemorated in urban toponymy, spatial position and
fluctuation of observed streets, as well as presence of chosen female names
in public memory. The information upon which the discussion on the gender
identity of the city is based has been obtained through research into
written sources, public space, street names and the public in Novi Sad.
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