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Women Directors of Contemporary Polish Feature Film. A Sketch from the Sociology of Female Artists

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to set the work of Polish contemporary living female feature film directors in the context of the characteristic features of women’s work, common or not. Based on the own analysis of the found materials, the components of women’s film careers were extracted in order to create an outline of various attitudes and types of creativity, taking into account the discourse justifying the need to create cinematography, the situation of women artists in the artistic and film-making field through their generational affiliation, the creative attitude realised in action, the way in which they make their creativity available (circulation), the degree of innovation in creative activity, the degree of involvement in being an artist, their social position: successes, awards, prestige, moral influence in the artistic environment. Contemporary female filmmakers are characterised by their social involvement (social activist, social voiceover, intellectualist-reformist filmmaker, independent artist). This article is a sketch from the sociology of women artists, not including the whole output of women directors in Poland.

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