Wstyd czy duma? Niechciana ciąża i aborcja w peerelowskich i współczesnych powieściach dla dziewcząt
Shame or Pride? Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Novels for Girls in the Polish People’s Republic and Today
Author(s): Eliza SzybowiczSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Literary Texts, Psychology, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Individual Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Health and medicine and law, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: novels for girls; Polish People’s Republic; pregnancy; abortion; shame
Summary/Abstract: This article examines novels for girls that deal with unlawful pregnancy and abortion, comparing those that were published in the Polish People’s Republic with those that came out in the recent past. The study focuses on changing notions of shame and pride as tools of power and/or fuel for emancipation. Szybowicz is interested in the plots, characters, the language used by the characters, as well as rhetoric strategies in the novels, which she reads as manifestations of the dominant discourses of their times.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 115-133
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish
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