STATUS OF WOMAN IN RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN HERZEGOVINA AFTER SECOND WORLD WAR

Terenskim istraživanjem u selima zapadne Hercegovine nastojala sam istražiti i prikazati svakodnevni život žene sredinom 20. stoljeća. To vrlo turbulentno poslijeratno razdoblje obilježilo je sva područja života, a posebno je zanimljivo pratiti ga iz perspektive žene u patrijarhalnom društvu. Iako dobivaju pravo glasa Ustavom iz 1946., žene na selu zapadne Hercegovine nisu bile svjesne da se nešto promijenilo u odnosu na prije. Tadašnja medijska propaganda nametnula je prvih godina nakon Drugog svjetskog rata sliku žene kao ratnice - partizanke u borbi za Jugoslaviju, a već 50-ih godina slika žene je drugačija, ona je prije svega domaćica, supruga i majka. Žena je obavljala jednake poslove kao i muškarac, a osim toga morala se brinuti za kućanstvo i djecu. Do promjena u položaju žene u obitelji dolazi 60-ih godina kada se ''otvaraju'' granice te veliki broj muškaraca odlazi raditi izvan teritorija FNR/SFR Jugoslavije, a žene preuzimaju ulogu ''glave kuće''. Položaj žene u promatranom razdoblju kompleksan je problem i postoji nekoliko vanjskih utjecaja, anajbitnija je i najjača, naravno, politika tadašnjeg režima.On the base of the field research in the villages of western Herzegovina this paper strives to research and present the daily life of woman in the mid 20's. That turbulent postwar period was marked by all areas of life, particularly is interested the view from a female perspective in a patriarchal society. Even they got the right to vote by Constitution in 1946, woman in rural parts were not aware of the change. Propaganda in the Media imposed the picture of the woman as worker – warrior in the first few years after the Second World War but by the 50's that changed. She became primarily a housewife, mother and wife. The situation changed in the 1960's when a large amount of the male population left Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia when the borders opened, and in that situation woman took the role of the ''Head of the family''. The position of woman in the observed period is a complex problem with few external factors. The main one was actual political regime