Complicating the Female Subject

Gender, National Myths, and Genre in Polish Women's Inter-War Drama

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Seven inter-war plays by Polish women writers created a flurry of excitement and condemnation when they appeared, yet today they are almost forgotten. This groundbreaking study interrogates the feminism of these plays and their authors, who dared to question national myths, subvert genre expectations, and reinterpret definitions of subjectivity, anticipating the work of numerous women playwrights in post-1989 Poland. Synthesizing a variety of theoretical perspectives, the author produces a nuanced reading of each work and of the group as a whole. Both texts and the innovative synthetic approach will interest scholars of Polish literature, of drama, and of gender studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-01-19
Mått155 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt599 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePolish Studies
Antal sidor288
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9781618115423

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IntroductionChapter 1. Women and Drama in Other Western ModernismsChapter 2. Inter-War PolandChapter 3. Who Were They? A Short Biographical IntroductionChapter 4. What Are They? Plot Summaries of the PlaysChapter 5. Theorizing the Subject: Seeing Through an Essentialist LensChapter 6. Theorizing the Subject: Possibilities of ChangeChapter 7. The Subject Vis-à- Vis Cultural MythsChapter 8. Dramatic FissuresChapter 9. Inter-War Critical ReceptionConclusion

Joanna Kot’s book is a superb cross-reference to the literary history of Polish women, and by delivering this first systematic scrutiny of Polish women’s drama this book becomes an important addition to the debate on women’s issues. ... Joanna Kot’s book is a thought-provoking elaboration on Polish interwar dramatic execution of women’s questions and it will be a valuable source of knowledge for further investigation. This is a timely book, which discusses the mechanisms of women’s presence—and the very strategies for the silencing of women’s voices by critical reception—as both writers and the characters in literary works.