02932nam 22005415 450 991015862440332120201217210945.01-61811-543-X10.1515/9781618115430(CKB)3710000001007540(MiAaPQ)EBC4605492(DE-B1597)541082(OCoLC)967877428(DE-B1597)9781618115430(PPN)220950776(EXLCZ)99371000000100754020191221d2016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierComplicating the Female Subject Gender, National Myths, and Genre in Polish Women's Inter-War Drama /Joanna KotBoston, MA :Academic Studies Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (287 pages)Polish Studies1-61811-542-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Women and Drama in Other Western Modernisms --2. Inter-War Poland --3. Who Were They? A Short Biographical Introduction --4. What Are They? Plot Summaries of the Plays --5. Theorizing the Subject: Seeing Through an Essentialist Lens --6. Theorizing the Subject: Possibilities of Change --7. The Subject Vis-à-Vis Cultural Myths --8. Dramatic Fissures --9. Inter-War Critical Reception --Conclusion --Bibliography --IndexSeven inter-war plays by Polish women writers created a flurry of excitement and condemnation when they appeared, yet today they are almost forgotten. This groundbreaking study interrogates the feminism of these plays and their authors, who dared to question national myths, subvert genre expectations, and reinterpret definitions of subjectivity, anticipating the work of numerous women playwrights in post-1989 Poland. Synthesizing a variety of theoretical perspectives, the author produces a nuanced reading of each work and of the group as a whole. Both texts and the innovative synthetic approach will interest scholars of Polish literature, of drama, and of gender studies.Women in literaturePolish dramaWomen authorsHistory and criticismPolish drama20th centuryHistory and criticismFeminism in literatureWomen in literature.Polish dramaWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Polish dramaHistory and criticism.Feminism in literature.809.93352042KO 1100rvkKot Joannaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.1232538DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910158624403321Complicating the Female Subject2861847UNINA