Women in Polish Cinema

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-57181-947-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Polish film has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation but its best known protagonists tend to be male. This book points to the important role of women as key characters in Polish films, such as the enduring female figure in Polish culture, the "Polish Mother," female characters in socialist realistic cinema, women depicted in the films of the Polish School, Solidarity heroines, and women in the films from the postcommunist period. Not less important for the success of Polish cinema are Polish women filmmakers, four of whom are presented in this volume: Wanda Jakubowska, Agnieszka Holland, Barbara Sass and Dorota Kedzierzawska, whose work is examined.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazierska, Ewa

Ostrowska, Elzbieta

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Ewa Mazierska and Elzbieta Ostrowska

PART I: THE POLISH MOTHER

Chapter 1. The Myth of the Polish Mother

Joanna Szwajcowska

PART II: WOMEN ACCORDING TO MEN

Chapter 2. Filmic Representations of the Myth of the Polish Mother

Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 3. Polish ‘Superwoman’: a Liberation or Victimisation?

Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 4. Caught between Activity and Passivity: Women in the Polish School

Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 5. Agnieszka and Other Solidarity Heroines of Polish Cinema

Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 6. Witches, Bitches and Other Victims of the Crisis of Masculinity: Women in Polish Postcommunist Cinema

Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 7. Between Fear and Attraction: Images of ‘Other’ Women

Elzbieta Ostrowska

PART III: WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA

Chapter 8. Wanda Jakubowska: the Communist Fighter

Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 9. Barbara Sass: the Author of Women’s Films

Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 10. Agnieszka Holland: a Sceptic

Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 11. Dorota Kêdzierzawska: Ambivalent Feminist

Ewa Mazierska

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ostrowska, Elzbieta
Elzbieta Ostrowska currently teaches film at the University of Alberta (Canada). Publications include, The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda. The Art of Irony and Defiance (co-ed. with John Orr, Wallflower 2003), Gender-Film-Media (co-ed. with Elzbieta Oleksy, Rabid 2001), Gender w kinie europejskim i mediach (ed., Rabid 2001) Przestrzen filmowa (Rabid 2000), Gender in Film and the Media. East-West Dialogues (co-ed. with Elzbieta Oleksy, Michael Stevenson, Peter Lang 2000), Kino ma sto lat (co-ed. with Jan Rek, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Lódzkiego 1998).

Mazierska, Ewa
Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include numerous articles in Polish and English and several books, such as Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni Moretti (Wallflower Press, London, 2004) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (IB Tauris, 2003, London) (both co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating Britishness (MUP, 2004).

Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include numerous articles in Polish and English and several books, such as Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni Moretti (Wallflower Press, London, 2004) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (IB Tauris, 2003, London) (both co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating Britishness (MUP, 2004).