This paper encourages to renew a reflection on poetry of Anna Świrszczyńska – a well-known but also unknown author. It discusses the subject of motherhood in this poetry (pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium) and shows, how relevant Świrszczyńska’s works still are. Her poetry is nowadays continued not only by others women writers and poets, but also – or maybe: first of all – by feminist opinion journalism.
The paper discusses the issue of the complex relationship between political science as a branch of academia and modern trends in feminism, understood as a collection of mutually related ideologies. The author emphasizes that both science and ideology are forms of politi- cal practice exercised in the same social and political reality. However, they are fundamen- tally different with respect to the hierarchy of their functions. The ‘clash’ of these two products of human activity produces political science on women and the politological analysis of feminism (subjected first and foremost to the scientific function) on the one hand, and various proposals of feminist modifications of political science that produce feministically re- formed political science and gynocentric political science (where the scientific function is subjected to social objectives) on the other.
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This paper presents an outline of development of the emancipation movement in the territory of present-day Ukraine from the last third of the nineteenth century to the end of the 1930s (when the Sovietization of Ukraine culminates), the development of women’s self-awareness, and the increasing presence of women in Ukrainian public life – and its influence on dissemination of women’s official and managerial names in Ukrainian press releases. It focuses mainly on the research of feminist ideas and the nature of their spreading in various regions of western Ukraine in the 1920s and 1930s which, in this period, were part of different state arrangements (Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia) compared to the Soviet Ukraine; the role of women’s organizations in shaping women’s public awareness and public opinion of a woman as a full-fledged active person, and the role of periodicals in this process. Explored are the changes in the position of women in western Ukraine, reflection on the processes of feminization of society in the dynamics of the female lexicon at the beginning of the twentieth century. The problems of women’s emancipation in Ukrainian society are observed against the background of intensifying feminization processes in the West Ukrainian version of the Ukrainian language in the 1920s–1930s. The research material consisted of the texts of the West Ukrainian press releases from the 1920s and 1930s. The material used for illustration testifies to the spheres and facts of functioning of the then established, as well as newly created language designations of the female person, especially the official and managerial names in the language of West Ukrainian periodicals.
Talarczyk-Gubała recenzuje książkę Małgorzaty Radkiewicz „Modernistki o kinie. Kobiety w polskiej krytyce i publicystyce filmowej 1918-1939” (2016). Na wstępie zauważa, że badaczka od lat konsekwentnie wzbogaca polską literaturą filmoznawczą o pozycje poświęcone sztuce i kinu kobiet, teorii i praktyce filmowego feminizmu oraz płci kulturowej. W omówieniu książki recenzentka szczegółowo przedstawia jej konstrukcję i najważniejsze tezy. Wskazuje, że tytułowe modernistki to kobiety nowoczesne, intelektualistki i miłośniczki kina, które zajmowały się działalnością naukową i krytycznofilmową, ale też wchodziły w amatorskie relacje z filmem, co przejawiało się w ich aktywności kinofilskiej. Talarczyk-Gubała zwraca uwagę, że najbardziej zajmujące są te fragmenty książki, w których czytamy o wzajemnych relacjach modernistek. Małgorzacie Radkiewicz udaje się w gąszczu informacji prasowych oraz innych archiwalnych dokumentów znaleźć dowody kontaktów towarzyskich między pisarkami, krytyczkami i kobietami kina, na przykład między Stefanią Zahorską, Franciszką Themerson i Marią Kuncewiczową. W zakończeniu recenzentka stwierdza, że otwierając najnowszą książkę Małgorzaty Radkiewicz, otwieramy kobiece archiwum polskiego dwudziestolecia międzywojennego.
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Talarczyk-Gubała reviews the book by Małgorzata Radkiewicz „Modernistki o kinie. Kobiety w polskiej krytyce i publicystyce filmowej 1918-1939” [„Modernists on cinema. Women in Polish Film Criticism and Journalism 1918-1939”] (2016). At the outset, she notes that the researcher has for years consistently enriched Polish film studies with publication dealing with the women’s arts and cinema, the theory and practice of film feminism and gender studies. The reviewer details the structure of the book and presents its key thesis. She points out that the title modernist women are modern intellectuals and cinema aficionados engaged in academia and film studies, but that they also entered amateur relationships with film, which was manifested in their cinematic activity. Talarczyk-Gubała points out that the most interesting fragments of the book deal with the relations between the modernists. Małgorzata Radkiewicz was able to find among press releases and other archival documents evidence of social contacts between writers, critics and women in cinema, for example between Stefania Zahorska, Franciszka Themerson and Maria Kuncewicz. In conclusion, the reviewer states that in opening the latest book by Małgorzata Radkiewicz, we open the Polish archive on the interwar period.
Feminism is a conflict between the female identity and female differences. Yet, all feminist thoughts aim at protecting specific subjects - women. In its current, rather chaotic form it allows to discover, understand and learn something from women who live and work in different countries. Feminism is not monolithic. It comprises a large array of attitudes, interests and ideas. These in turn, are differently represented across countries. Women took and still take various paths in combating inequality, therefore perhaps it would be wise to refer to ‘feminisms’ instead of a singular form ‘feminism’. My goal is to present a concise summary of a particular set of meanings of this term, ones that are relatable in the broadest sense.
This paper analyses the story about a young lover who left the semen mark on the marble statue of Knidia by Praxiteles. The findings are threefold. First, we show that the literal interpretation of this ancient story began in the seventies of the 20th century, in connection with a feminist re-evaluation of Western cultural tradition. Second, we argue that the ancient story cannot be taken at face value. The story of Knidia’s lover does not provide information either about the appearance and staging of this marble statue, or the way in which actual visitors behaved in its sanctuary at Knidos. Third, we stress that any interpretation of the Tale of Stain must take into account that its original audience was aware that it was a work of art with tremendous sacred power.
Reclaiming Adolescent Sexuality: Images of Girlhood in Petra Collins’s BabeThis paper examines photographs, drawings, collages and other art forms collected in the book Babe, edited by photographer Petra Collins and published by Prestel in 2015. I read the collected artwork as an attempt to present the image of the girl (including her sexuality) from a young woman’s perspective. Babe, which includes works such as photographs of teenagers with visible period blood on the underwear or a to-do list with the goal of never faking another orgasm, asks who a contemporary girl is and how young artists can challenge traditional images of femininity. In my analysis I focus on the excessive use of the color pink in Babe, characterizing the way artists blend innocence with eroticism. I argue that by playing with artifacts of “girlishness,” artists can both expose the absurdity of the image of the girl in popular culture and reclaim symbols of girlhood. I suggest that Collins – despite her ambitions to create an inclusive platform for female artists – does not present a diverse image of girls, who in Babe is still predominantly white and able-bodied. I introduce the potential reading of Babe as a feminist visual manifesto, in reference to the Riot Grrrl movement and the cultural phenomenon of “girl power.” I suggest that the book offers a possibility of exploring the figure of the girl from the perspective of young female artists. Odzyskując młodzieńczą seksualność: wizerunki dziewczyńskości w „Babe” Petry CollinsArtykuł jest analizą fotografii, rysunków, kolaży i innych prac zebranych przez fotografkę Petrę Collins w albumie „Babe", wydanym w 2015 roku przez Prestel. W artykule odczytuję zebrane prace jako szansę zaprezentowania wizerunku dziewczyny (w tym jej seksualności) z perspektywy młodej kobiety. Babe – w której znajdują się zarówno fotografie nastolatek z widoczną krwią menstruacyjną na bieliźnie, jak i zdjęcie listy zadań, na której artystka umieszcza postanowienie, by nigdy więcej nie udawać orgazmu – zadaje pytanie kim dzisiaj jest dziewczyna i w jaki sposób młode artystki mogą kwestionować utarte obrazy kobiecości. Podczas analizy skupiam się na przewadze różu w warstwie wizualnej albumu, ukazując sposób, w jaki artystki łączą pozorną niewinność z erotyzmem. Twierdzę, że poprzez grę z konwencjami „dziewczyńskości” autorki prac mogą zarówno eksponować sztuczność wizerunku młodej kobiety w kulturze popularnej, jak i odzyskiwać symbole dziewczęcości. Sugeruję, że Collins – mimo próby stworzenia inkluzywnej platformy dla artystek – nie oferuje zróżnicowanego obrazu dziewczyny, która w Babe wciąż jest przeważnie biała i pełnosprawna. W odczytaniu Babe jako feministycznego wizualnego manifestu odwołuję się do ruchu Riot Grrrl i fenomenu kulturowego reprezentowanego przez hasło „girl power”. Sugeruję, że album oferuje zgłębienie postaci dziewczyny z punktu widzenia młodych artystek.
Feminist thought of motherhood begins with First Wave, when thinkers were convinced of naturalistic point of view according to which women are predestined to be a mother (M. Wollstonecraft, J. S. Mill, H. Taylor). Women’s liberation was put down for a while by given them vote rights. The next wave of women’s liberation came back after II World War. Denaturalization of motherhood starts with Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex where she presents an analysis of mother stereotypes and social processes of promoting specific motherhood-mode, which works for the patriarchal culture. She does not treat motherhood and child rearing as something natural for every woman. Beauvoir’s critics set up a debate about the possibility of non-patriarchal motherhood where being a mother is independent from patriarchal order, as ground for woman’s identity. S. Macintyre postulates division off motherhood and marriage, which is opposite to traditional sociology paradigm. A. Rich creates a definition of motherhood institution so different from intimate experience of mother, she gives mothers voice to speak about motherhood. N. Chodorow suggests non-patriarchal rule of „double parenting”, which is to reduce differences between sexes. E. Badinter proves that maternal instinct does not exist (in biological way), but it is the social construct exploited by patriarchal system. Works of Beauvoir, Macintyre, Rich, Firestone, Chodorow, Badinter exemplify the slow process of denaturalization of motherhood in feminist thought.
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The Czech translation of the book Virginia Held: The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global (Etika péče. Osobní, politická a globální. Praha, Filosofia 2015) by Petr Urban has made views of the ethics of care available to the broad public; its ideas are relevant also to bioethics and the caring professions. This study is focused on the question of the ethics of care as a moral theory, and comes to the conclusion that it is a species of empiricist ethics based on moral sentiments, in combination with a feminist starting point. The strength of Held’s standpoint is its awareness of the variety of women’s experience in different societies.
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Das Buch von Virginia Held: The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global (Etika péče. Osobní, politická a globální. Praha, Filosofia 2015), das in der tschechischen Übersetzung von Petr Urban erschienen ist, bietet dem breiten Publikum einen Einblick in Standpunkte der Ethik der Pflege, deren Ideen auch für die Bio-Ethik und für Pflegeberufe wichtig sind. Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit der Frage der Ethik der Pflege als Ethiktheorie und kommt zu dem Schluss, dass es sich um eine empirische Ethik handelt, die auf dem moralischen Empfinden gründet, freilich mit einem feministischen Ansatz. Ein Vorteil des Ansatzes von V. Held ist dabei ihr Sinn für die Verschiedenartigkeit der Erfahrungen von Frauen in verschiedenen Arten von Gesellschaften.
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The article deals with a Czech, a Slovak and two English translations of Simone de Beauvoir’s work The Second Sex (Le deuxième sexe, 1949). The first English translation (1953), as well as the Czech (1966) and Slovak (1967) versions, were selective; the only complete translation is the second English translation (2009). However, even this complete English version is considered problematic by the academic public. A comparative analysis of the four translations of The Second Sex presents the choices made by different translators and illustrates the impact of the (incomplete and/or erroneous) translations on the general reception of Simone de Beauvoir’s work.
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Cette étude propose une comparaison des traductions tchèque et slovaque et de deux traductions anglaises du chef-d’oeuvre de Simone de Beauvoir, Le deuxième sexe (1949). La première traduction anglaise (1953), ainsi que les versions tchèque (1966) et slovaque (1967) sont partielles. La seule traduction intégrale étant la deuxième traduction anglaise de 2009. Mais elle est également considérée comme problématique par les spécialistes. L’analyse comparative des différentes traductions du Le deuxième sexe indique d’autres procédés de traduction et montre l’influence des traductions (non intégrales et/ou fautives) sur la réception de l’oeuvre de Simone de Beauvoir en tant que telle.
The article charts the development of womanism as a movement which has presented an alternative to feminism. It advocates inclusiveness instead of exclusiveness, whether it is related to race, class or gender. Womanism provided political framework for colored women and gave them tools in their struggle with patriarchy which imposed restrictive norms and negative stereotypes on them. It also tackled the restrictiveness of feminism which was especially evident in the field of literary scholarship. Womanism is also related to new movements within feminism such as womanist theology and eco-feminism
Norbert Elias conceptualized social inequality as a result of shift in relative social forces of individuals in figurations, in which framework he also viewed the inequality between men and women. In this paper I examine the main thesis of what could be named Elias’s gender sociology: firstly, men and women use different strategies in their striving for an increase in relative power depending on their social position, and secondly, one of the most effective strategies which may be successfully used by the weaker party in order to change the distribution of power between the sexes is redefining the arsenal of cultural weapons used in this struggle. The antagonism between men and women trying to draw as much power as possible to themselves in the zero-sum social game can become very fierce, especially if the use of physical violence is legitimized on a respective level of civilization. On the other hand, according to Elias’s basic theoretical assumptions all individuals in a figuration are interrelated and interdependent, which restrains direct violence as well as suppresses radical liberation tendencies. This makes it easier for women to engage in strategies of coping with oppression on institutional, symbolic and proxemic level, which are discussed in the final part of the paper.
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Feminizm jako ruch społeczny, jako ideologia i jako teoria czerpie swoją energię z tego, że od początku swego istnienia zyskał zasięg ponadnarodowy. Przekraczał granice państw i kontynentów. Wpływał na życie i mentalność ludzi z różnych kultur, wspólnot etnicznych i warstw społecznych. Tekst pokazuje, że zjawisko to obejmuje szeroką gamę postaw, zachowań, strategii. Zatem, w jaki sposób zjednoczyć kobiety mimo dzielących je różnic i właśnie za pośrednictwem tych różnic? Artykuł jest próbą ukazania wewnętrznego dialogu feminizmu. Eksponuje sposób różnicowania się odpowiedzi feministek na powtarzające się pytania. Przedstawia wewnętrzną dynamikę feministycznych wędrówek po drogach i bezdrożach filozofii, historii tak, aby podkreślić zarówno ograniczenia, jak też różnorodność i bogactwo otwieranych horyzontów.
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From its inception feminism drew its energy from its supra-national coverage as a social movement, an ideology, and as a theory. Overcoming national and continental borders. Influencing the life and mentality of people of diverse cultures, ethnic communities, and social levels. The text shows that the phenomenon encompass a wide range of attitudes, behaviours, and strategies. Therefore, how to unite women with dividing differences, and particular using this differences? This article is an attempt to show the internal dialog of feminism. It used the method of differing replies of feminists to recurring questions. Exhibiting the internal dynamics of the philosophy of feminism travelling on explored and unexplored paths; and history to emphasize equally the limits, diversity, and wealth of open horizons.
The paper discusses Paula Mehan’s play Cell with focus on the female discourses present in the context of this literary work and the multifold metaphorisation that both the title of the work and the contents invite. The discourses are analysed against the relevant social background and critical literature. The focal types of discourses under discussion involve imagery from maternal and familiar discourse, the “biological” discourse related to hygiene, the sexual discourse, the mock feminist discourse, the discourse of the military and the propaganda of the common good, and the discourse related to the animal world.
The paper discusses Paula Mehan’s play Cell with focus on the female discourses present in the context of this literary work and the multifold metaphorisation that both the title of the work and the contents invite. The discourses are analysed against the relevant social background and critical literature. The focal types of discourses under discussion involve imagery from maternal and familiar discourse, the “biological” discourse related to hygiene, the sexual discourse, the mock feminist discourse, the discourse of the military and the propaganda of the common good, and the discourse related to the animal world.
This article discusses the representation of woman in Estonian punch-lined jokes. After brief introduction to the problems and approaches of this field the author presents the results of the extensive research, which consisted of the survey of 1869 jokes. Jokes representing female characters had to contain one of the four most neutral keywords: woman, mother, wife and maiden (young woman in Estonian). These jokes were collected from the Internet and stem from the years 1960–2010 and are categorised using the program QDA-miner, which enables both quantitative and qualitative methods. However, the main emphasis in the approach is on the critical interpretation of the results. The jokes were divided into 4 major subcategories: 1) location of the joke; 2) the interaction partners of woman; 3) sexual content; 4) the role of the woman (active, submissive, neutral). The most frequent location for the joke was homely environment. Woman interacted in the jokes mostly with her husband, children and other family members. Surprisingly, only 27% of the material contained any kind of sex-related circumstances. The fourth and most ambiguous (open to interpretation) category was the role of the woman. It was also the focal point of my critical approach. The results show generally, that the picture of woman in Estonian jokes is rather passive and one-sided. In literally half of the jokes, woman had merely episodical role. Woman was clearly the target of the joke in 32% of the jokes and active protagonist in the rest 18%. Although it seems, that the female character had often something meaningful to say in jokes, closer look reveals that it was not the case. Even in the jokes where the woman was active, her role was still very stereotypical and reflected rather the point of view of men telling the jokes or the construction of male identity in general. These tendencies show, that the representation of woman in estonian joke material is quite static throughout the period of 1960s until the first decade of the 21st century. I maintain, that this phenomenon cannot be explained with the simple persistence of sexism and misogyny in society. One other way of explaining it, is that the inherent stability of the genre of punch-lined joke does not let new discourses appear in it. Researchers should look for other new humorous genres for more critical and complex representation of gender and femininity.
The world is constantly undergoing socio-economic and cultural changes, but the existence of patriarchy and the related gender inequality remain unchanged. In response to this state of aff airs, a feminist movement emerged and infl uenced society. Companies recognize the changes taking place in society and decide to include the feminist movement in their cause-related marketing campaigns. This is how a relatively new form of marketing communication, called femvertising, was born. This paper aims to analyze this form of marketing communication and the eff ect of both hostile and benevolent sexism on the perception of advertising. The research method employed in this study was a quantitative survey on a sample of 321 Polish women. The results of the survey showed that women rate advertisements portraying females in an unconventional way higher than traditional advertisements. Moreover, the perception of advertisements is infl uenced by the level of both benevolent and hostile sexism. The higher the level of sexism, the more negative the evaluation of pro-women advertising becomes. This is a suggestion for advertisers that diversifying an advertising message can be an eff ective marketing strategy.
This is a review essay discussing Magdalena Grabowska’s book: Zerwana genealogia: Działalność społeczna i polityczna kobiet po 1945 roku a współczesny polski ruch kobiecy (Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR, 2018).
Contemporary theatre, as it is conceived by theatre criticism, nowadays forces theatre scholars to apply feminist and gender theories. Gender-theory interpretation of Polish theatre tends to be sociologically oriented as well as interdisciplinary, multi-discursive, methodologically transgressive, whereas its symbolic paradigm is individualistic rather than universalistic, sub-jective rather than global and objective, and fragmentary rather than linear. The most popular in the theatre of today is Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity, which employs thea-tre-related categories. Thus, theatre, moving towards gender and sexual identity discourse, has become a training area for emancipatory struggles, infecting theatre research with the gender virus. Abject-focused strategies promoting that which is rejected, excluded or culturally stig-matised result in constructing a physiological aesthetic exposing human frustrations, hidden obsessions and secret yearnings onstage. Liberated from the duty of representation, the theatre has come to think that the world is made up of bodies that are mostly non-normative, ignored, persecuted, weak, injured, colo-nised, and therefore always political. It uses the figure of desire either as a prime vehicle of emancipation or as a principle of a post-transformational political narrative about Poland after the collapse of Communism, which inscribes gender strategies in the area of political economy and neoliberalism. Identity constructivism in theatre makes it possible to subversively shield normativeness of the theatre itself. So, for example, in Apocalypsis cum figuris by Grotowski one can see a parable on patriarchal ideology. Queer and gender studies while dismantling the violence of sexual identity myths defuse civilisation mythologies as well, thus placing theatre in the domain of postcolonial criticism. Therefore, if queer theory is conceived not only as a current of gender studies but also as a theory of social difference, it turns out to be an instru-ment of cultural criticism, a revolutionary strategy opposed to neoliberal culture.
The starting point of the article is locating Joanna Bator in the Polish literary field using Pierre Bourdieu’s methodology, and considering such elements as gender determinants, the author’s attitude towards the media and self-creation, and the time of the prose’s debut. The Nike Prize Bator was awarded in 2013, and not only did enable this author to maintain autonomy in her field, but also led to a change in poetics, i.e. a change in the dominant genre of her novel from magical realism to fairy tale. The article describes the conditions that influenced the transfer of the author by critics from the current of high and award-winning literature to the prose of the medium.
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