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Fluid Zu Witkowskiej jako poetycki model komunikacji społecznej
Zu Witkowska’s Fluid as a poetic model of social communication

Author(s): Anna Artwich
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Communication studies, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: poetry; queer; oppression; affect; body;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze Zu Witkowska’s poetry book Fluid. Its purpose is to interpret the multidimensional oppression and the ambiguous nature of queer people’s functioning in the society. The affective and bodily reactions of the subjects are particularly important for understanding Witkowska’s poems. The analysis is conducted with reference to to the findings of Elizabeth Grosz, Monika Glosowitz and Monika Świerkosz, whose research focuses sequentially on the connections between the body and the surroundings, the affects and spatial relations of subjects.

  • Issue Year: 12/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 383-396
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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