The master's thesis focuses on exploring the significance of the female body in the interwar period in Slovenia, examining its social, political, and cultural representations. It investigates how the female body was communicated through discourses in selected women's publications Ženski svet, Slovenka, and Vigred, as well as in certain manuals. The central thesis posits that the discourse on femininity and the female body reflected conflicting tendencies: the preservation of traditional values on one hand and the encouragement of emancipation on the other. While aligning itself with contemporary processes of emancipation, it simultaneously sought (to a lesser or greater extent) to maintain a traditional perspective on the female body and its role, adhering to patriarchal concepts. The research addresses medical discourse and topics such as sexuality, menstruation, contraception, abortion, motherhood, beauty standards, and physical exercise, analyzing how these discourses intertwined and influenced women’s (self-)perception.
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