The Shameless Dance Cannot Last Forever
The Shameless Dance Cannot Last Forever
Author(s): Kinga DuninSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Novel, Short Story, Polish Literature, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture, Social Norms / Social Control, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: shame; shamelessness; camp
Summary/Abstract: From a sociological perspective, shame is an instrument of social control, while shamelessness is a way to break out from under that control. One strategy of shamelessness is camp, both as a poetics and as a practice. Dunin’s analysis of Witold Gombrowicz’s short story ‘Lawyer Kraykowski’s Dancer’ as well as Michał Witkowski’s ‘life writing’ attempts to answer how effective this strategy is and to identify its limits.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 177-184
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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