'Fat Rozika', sitting SIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Milanka Matić editor Nataša Mišković editor Middle Eastern Studies, University of Basel Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:siba.4007 Borba fotodokumentacija, Belgrade Vreme Borba007 Photoarchive Borba Social Personality Behavior Processes and Personality Cultural Participation Total Culture Musical and Theatrical Productions Commercialized Entertainment Personal Names Individuation and Mobility Health and Welfare Gender Roles and Issues Ornament Adornment Photographic plate 1929 Svetozar Grdijan Grdijan, Svetozar The obese female peformer Rozika is sitting on a broad chair posing for the camera in the centre of a backyard in Balkan Street. She wears a white sleeveless blouse, underpants and stockings along with black pumps, a necklace, a watch and several rings on her fingers. Her right stocking is loose, and she is pulling up her blouse, uncovering her bare right thigh with a faint smile. The chair and the space in front of the performer are covered with a patterned blanket. In the background is the wall of a house with a door and three windows. In the upper left corner, the blurred silhouette of man with a wheelbarrow is watching the scene. Anna Schmidt (1897-1931) from Munich, better known as 'Rozika', 'Rosa Debela' or 'Die dicke Rosl aus München' was a female performer who displayed her body for money. Until her early death in 1931, she travelled through Europe with her agent, presenting her unusual weight of 270 kg. She visited Belgrade in November 1929. A newspaper advertisement underlined that she needed two chairs to sit. The entrance fee was two dinars. Not specified Not specified 90 130 Serbia Yugoslavia Belgrade Balkanska ulica Žena od 270 kila u Balkanskoj ulici. Politika 7748, 28 November 1929, 10.
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