„Benefis zwolnionych z huty”. Ucieleśnione narracje kobiet w „Ciele huty” Anny Cieplak
“A Benefit Show of the Dismissed from Katowice Steelworks”. Women’s Embodied Narratives in „Ciało huty” by Anna Cieplak
Author(s): Monika GlosowitzSubject(s): Economy, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Culture and social structure , Studies in violence and power, Rural and urban sociology, Socio-Economic Research, Politics of History/Memory, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Anna Cieplak; mechanization of body; women’s labour; cultural memory; industrial region; bodily memory
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine the literary strategies used to depict the relationship between the body and industry, as well as the violence inherent in this relationship, in Anna Cieplak’s novel Ciało huty published in 2023. Arguments are made that the writer, through narrative attempts to “speak with the body,” shows the history of degradation that refers to both the individual bodies and the collective body of female workers from Katowice Steelworks. Spinning a communal tale and launching new mythologies by women leads to the preservation of their lives on everyday basis and in the formation of cultural memory of the region.
Journal: Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 2 (24)
- Page Range: 1-14
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
