Queer Transgressions in Twentieth-Century Polish Fiction - Gender, Nation, Politics

This book analyzes the subversive power of twentieth-century Polish fiction, showing that it helped to undermine nationalist and homophobic ideologies that are still at play in Poland today. The author argues that the transgressive reading of Polish literature can challenge the many binaries that conservative, heteronormative ideology depends upon.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Iwaszkiewicz and Gombrowicz: Sex, Death, and Panic
Chapter 2: Julian Stryjkowski: The Pole, the Jew, the Queer
Chapter 3: Marian Pankowski: Anti-Martyr
Chapter 4: Olga Tokarczuk: Transgressive Bodies Transgressing Borders
Epilogue: Queer Liberation in the Twenty-First Century, and Jerzy Nasierowski

About the author

Jack J. B. Hutchens teaches courses on Polish literature and culture in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Loyola University Chicago.

Summary

This book analyzes the subversive power of twentieth-century Polish fiction, showing that it helped to undermine nationalist and homophobic ideologies that are still at play in Poland today. The author argues that the transgressive reading of Polish literature can challenge the many binaries that conservative, heteronormative ideology depends upon.

Product details

• Authors: Jack J. B. Hutchens
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781793605054
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-505-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, Poland, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern