Niedoceniana ścieżka emancypacji: żenujący kobiecy performans
An Underrated Emancipatory Strategy: The Embarrassing Female Performance
Author(s): Katarzyna WaligóraSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Gender history
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: embarrassment; shame; feminism; public sphere; performance; shock
Summary/Abstract: Waligóra defines the embarrassing female performance as an emancipatory gestureperformed in the public sphere to disturb broadly accepted norms and conventions.This type of performance provokes consternation, aversion and aggression, but it canalso be an effective tool to shift the discourse or general views on a given subject, andit can even lead to a change in legislation. Drawing on feminist theory (e.g. Sara Ahmed,Elaine Showalter, Marta Caminero-Santangelo), the theory of affect (Martha Nussbaum)and sociology (Erving Goffman, Nancy Fraser) Waligóra presents five basic traits of thistype of performance.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 157-178
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish
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