"Cultural studies ยท Literary studies"--Page [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Iwaszkiewicz and Gombrowicz: sex, death, and panic -- Julian Stryjkowski: the Pole, the Jew, the Queer -- Marian Pankowski: anti-martyr -- Olga Tokarczuk: transgressive bodies transgressing borders -- Queer liberation in the twenty-first century, and Jerzy Nasierowski -- Conclusion.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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