Every time a so-called woman's voice appears in the media in connection with any sphere of creative activity, it finds itself confronted by the almost formulaic expression feminism today, instantaneously suggesting that feminism is, in fact, a matter of the past, and that if we want to return to this phenomenon, then we need to explain ourselves. Women's Voices and Feminism in Polish Cultural Memory seeks to elaborate the problem of generalization, expressed by such formulas as feminism today, while analysing how feminist sympathies have shaped Polish literature, film and language. This...
Every time a so-called woman's voice appears in the media in connection with any sphere of creative activity, it finds itself confronted by the almost...
Reading contemporary women's writing as melancholy texts highlights their often under-explored neuralgic nature and emancipatory value. These strangers in their own lands, as most recent Polish women writers and their work were described, are the subject of detailed analysis in this book, and are also positioned as the mirrors in which those lands are reflected. From this perspective, the melancholic strands in women's writing are drawn together to provide a diagnosis of the current situation in Poland, taking into account unwanted discourses, unwelcomed subjects and unresolved problems....
Reading contemporary women's writing as melancholy texts highlights their often under-explored neuralgic nature and emancipatory value. These stranger...
