Kata Nesiba: The Authentic and Illustrated History of a Belgrade Whore and Her Struggles for Her Constitutional Rights 1830–185

Based on extensive research in Serbian archives, the author and illustrator uncover the tumultuous life of Kata, a Belgrade sex worker, as she lives and works in mid-century Serbia. They adduce numerous side stories, as well, to depict the sexual mores of the country at that time, not just of the whores and harlots of Belgrade, but also of the cross-dressing tavern entertainers, the LGBT population, political figures both small and great—Vuk Stefanovic´ Karadzic´, the Father of Serbian Literacy among them—and the ever-diminishing power of the Turks in Serbia’s political, economic, and social life.