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Władimir Britaniszski

From Post-Colonialism to Transnationalism: the Challenges for Post-Socialist Feminist Theory

The article offers a reflection on the utility of postcolonial studies and transnational feminism for the analysis of women's post-socialist experiences, with a special emphasis on Croatian academic and social space. Af…

Tragedy and Optimism, Identity and Role-Playing: Croatian Feminist Theatrology

The article outlines the last 20 years of Croatian feminist theatrology and its relation to national and Western theoretical currents, as well as to specific historical contexts. Appearing for the first time in the nine…

Female "Actor's Text" and Its "Archive Fever"

The discussion of the ways one conceives of and reflex upon the procedures of archiving the opus of actresses active in the socialist period represents one of the urging tasks of both theatre studies and feminist critic…

Some Archival Examples of Neglected Cultural Capital

Archives are important places for researching and reconstructing the past, they lead to discoveries, and they can refute dominant stereotypes. Despite that fact, Serbian feminist scholars have neglected archival researc…

The Present Day of Gender Studies in Poland, with Some References to [Past] Croatian Contexts

The article sums up the anti-gender campaign of 2013-2014 launched in Poland by the Catholic Church and right-wing politicians. The situation is presented with reference to the Croatian „Witches from Rio" case of 1992-1…

Women and the Emancipative Projects of Bulgarian Modernity

The main focus of the current study is the role of periodicals in the emancipation of the woman in a modernizing Bulgarian society. From a social and political perspective, female virtues, rights and duties become an ob…

The (Lost) Voice of a Woman: the Gorgonowa Case in Irena Krzywicka's Narrative

The article analyses Irena Krzywicka's coverage of the so-called Gorgonowa case, in which a Yugoslavian citizen, Rita Gorgon, was accused of killing her teenage stepdaughter. The authors notice two seemingly dissonant p…

The Reflections of Feminist Ideas in Novels and Short Stories by Slovenian Women Writers

Slovenian authors who contribute to the feminist and later lesbian discourse are often also the poets and writers. As far as the feminist and lesbian theory tradition is concerned, the connection to western theories is…

"Don't Call Me a Faggot" - Homophobia and Homohysteria in Serhiy Zhadan's Prose

The aim of this paper is to present the homophobic and homohysteric discourse in Serhiy Zhadan's prose. Adopting the perspective of the pro-feminist men and masculinities studies and researching the discourse on masculi…

Women and the Canon. Are We Justified to Speak of a Female Literary Canon Nowadays?

The paper is initiated by a brief outline of the development of women's literature in the ex-"East European" countries since 1989. Then it turns to feminist literary theory tracking two different periods of its receptio…

Provincializing Feminism in Polish Literary Studies

The author of the text analyzes the strategies of provincializing the Polish feminism and gender studies. Starting points for interpretations in the article are Dipesh Chakrabarty's book - Provincializing Europe. Postco…

"Show that You Are a Woman". Conflicts Connected with a Female-Partner's Appearance in Polish-Russian Marriag

Partners in Polish-Russian couples have different opinions concerning women's appearence. Stressing femininity and paying much attention to attractiveness of a female-partner seems to be very important to Russian partne…

The Dečani Monastery Charter of Princess Milica - Nun Eugenia

This paper deals with the Dečani Monastery Charter of Princess Milica - nun Eugenia (1397) in the light of her royal and founding activities, as well as her literary creativity. The certificate with which Princess Milic…

Don't You Now See the Excellence of Our Sex? Maria Gondola and Defence of Women's Rights in 16th Century Dubrovnik

During the 16th century in Dubrovnik (Ragusa), the female voice was rarely heard in public, and women (especially those of higher ranks) were mainly confined to a life within the household. However, a special voice belo…

"The Woman Question" as Expressed in the Work of Slovenian Writer Pavlina Pajk, and the Presumed Influence of Western Ideas on Her Work

Foreign literary influences, German and Western European in particular, played a pivotal role in the 19th-century Slovenian literary field. During this time, the first female Slovenian authors emerged. Among them was Pa…

Gender of Authobiographical "Self". The Case of Renáta Tyršová

The aim of this paper, is to try to use feminist and gender theories to read Slavic cultural material, as well as to complete the picture of diversity of Slavic gender orders. For this purpose, the paper focuses on biog…

Signature of Femininity in Diary Records by Olga Bergholz from the Years 1939-1942

This article is based on the diary of a Russian poet, Olga Bergholz. Records from the years 1939-1942 are analyzed in detail. Records were developed in the period of Stalinist repression, and during the blockage of Leni…

Ambiguity of Interpretation: the Gender-Conscious Attitudes in the Dissident Works of the Czech Writer Lenka Procházková

This paper explores the presence of gender-conscious attitudes in the works of the Czech author Lenka Procházková (born 1951), a member of the dissident movement during the communist regime. It argues that her writings…

Roles for Sorrowing after Loss - Day Before the End of the World by Aleksander Jurewicz and He Passed Away by Inga Iwasiów

The main aim of the article is recognition of current manners of transforming deep sorrow after loss of relatives in literature. The theme of two novels written by polish authors - man and woman - in 21st century is dea…

"The Lady Who Had No Will and Couldn't Be Tactfull"

„Dáma, která neuměla a nechtěla taktizovat" Marie Rút Křížková, Šarka Grauová, Slyšet a odpovídat, Torst, Praha 2014, 387 s. Wydawnictwo Tors w2014 roku oddało do rąk czytelników wspomnienia dr Marii Rút Křížkovej, sygn…

Modernism as a Polysystem in a Global and Gender Perspective

Биљана Дојчиновић, Право сунца - другачији модернизми, Академска књига, Нови Сад 2015, 168 c. Książka Pravo sunca - drugačiji modernizmi (Prawo (do) słońca - różne modernizmy) autorstwa belgradzkiej badaczki Biljany Doj…

There is Accounting for Taste

O nich tutaj (książka o języku i przekładzie), wyb. i oprac. P. Sommer, Instytut Książki - Literatura na Świecie, Kraków-Warszawa 2016, 608 s.

Who is Afraid of Islamic Femism - (Post)jugoslavian Discourse

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Methods of Expressing Liking Through the Media [on the Example of Facebook.com]

The main theme of the article centers on the methods of expressing liking which is understood as a positive attitude towards another person functioning in the Internet. The aim of the paper is to show and discuss elemen…