Reorientations: Studies on Masculinities and Polish Literature of the Last Century Cover Image

Reorientacje. Studia nad męskościami a literatura polska ostatniego stulecia
Reorientations: Studies on Masculinities and Polish Literature of the Last Century

Author(s): Tomasz Tomasik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Wojciech Śmieja; masculinity; gender; queer; Polish literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article presents Wojciech Śmieja’s literary studies on masculinities in the Polishtwentieth and twenty-first centuries literature, especially focusing on Śmieja’s bookNie/podległości i transformacje. Szkice o stuleciu męskiego niepokoju 1918–2018 (In/Dependencies and Transformations: On the Century of Male Disquiet: 1918–2018). Thearticle traces the evolution of methodological theories applied by Śmieja to literarystudies on masculinities – from gay studies through gender and queer theory to men’s/masculinity studies – while asking about the further development of this subdiscipline.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 227-238
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish