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Zusatztext "? an important contribution to film studies not only in Poland! but in Eastern and Central Europe in general. The authors demonstrate that women are both revered and despised in Polish culture! a phenomenon Mazierska and Ostrowska attribute to the persistence of overt patriarchy in both social relations and culture. This system of thought! they aver! has 'shaped and policed the lives of Polish women' for generations." · Historical Journal of Film! Radio and Television "?well researched and elegantly written. It should be of great interest to scholars interested in both Polish cinema criticism and feminist studies." · Slavic Review "This important book utilizes temporary feminist discourse on women's cinema with debates specific for the Polish cinematic! cultural! and socio-political context?Carefully researched and lucidly written! the book offers a new perspective on Polish cinema and will no doubt be the primary source for any scholar interested in gender issues in the Polish context." · Marek Haltof in Canadian Slavonic Papers "Combining freshness of focus with close! penetrating analysis! Women in Polish Cinema is a contribution to East European film studies at once innovative and exemplary." · Kinema Informationen zum Autor Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She has published over twenty monographs and edited collections on film and popular music, including Contemporary Cinema and Neoliberal Ideology (co-edited with Lars Kristensen, 2018), Sounds Northern: Popular Music, Culture and Place in England's North (2018), Popular Music in Eastern Europe: Breaking the Cold War Paradigm (2016) and Relocating Popular Music (co-edited with Georgina Gregory, 2015). Her recent monograph on popular electronic music in Vienna is forthcoming in 2019. Mazierska's work has been translated into over twenty languages. She is also principal editor of Studies in Eastern European Cinema. Klappentext 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 K¿dzierzawska, whose work is examined. Zusammenfassung 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. 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...
