Refleksje, nr 4, jesień-zima 2011
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Item Aktywność społeczno-polityczna kobiet na szczeblu lokalnym z uwzględnieniem sytuacji w gminie Gostyń po wyborach samorządowych 2010 r.(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM, Poznań, 2011) Karolczak, KarolinaPublic and political activity of women – this subject has been constantly present in Polish public discourse for many years. Lately, the main part of this discourse is the matter of parity and legal guarantee of minimum 35% places dedicated to women on the elections candidates’ register. This essay assesses the legitimacy of these modifications with reference to necessity of cultural or social circumstances. The author also presents factors that determinate women’s public activity. All of these theoretical deliberations are referred to the situation in Gostyń commune and particularly to the personnel of the town council (it consists of only 19% of women).Item Hegemoniczna męskość i dywidenda patriarchatu. O społecznej teorii płci kulturowej Raewyn Connell(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM, Poznań, 2011) Skoczylas, ŁukaszThe article gives A brief introduction to the social theory of gender relations created by R. Connell. It discusses mainly the concept of hegemonic masculinity, showing its main features and present form. The article also underlines Connell’s understanding of cultural gender. Moreover, masculinity in different cultures and the sources of modern masculinity patterns are presented.Item Miejsce i rola kobiety w rodzinie na przestrzeni wieków. Od Antyku po I wojnę światową. Zarys problematyki(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM, Poznań, 2011) Kamprowski, RafałFor a long time, history of women was not in the mainstream of interest. The interest for this topic was not shown until the twentieth century. The aim of this paper is to present a long and difficult struggle to gain the status similar to the one women have nowadays. It is difficult to understand the present reality without going back to the past. The role of women is undergoing a lot of changes all the time. This subject is a huge field for research. The article attempts to give a summary of publications which deal with women’s issues.Item Polska zdekolonizowana? „Pamięć o kobietach” i jej wymiary(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM, Poznań, 2011) Kania, ElizaWhat is the meaning of „herstory” concept? Can gender perspective be useful to discuss the dimensions of historical narratives? The text is an attempt to answer questions concerning the historical and cultural contexts of showing women’s role in history. It also analyses the content of crucial publications due to which the discussion on using gender perspective in historical narratives in Poland has begun.Item Społeczna recepcja realizacji idei gender mainstreamingu na szczeblu jednostki samorządu terytorialnego (Miasto i Gmina Olsztyn)(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM, Poznań, 2011) Kałużna, JoannaThe article focuses on the social reception of gender mainstreaming (assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programs, in all areas and at all levels to achieve gender equality) at the territorial self-government level. The author conducts the work study of a few cases in different cities – in Warszawa, Nysa, Giżycko and Olsztyn – where the local authorities tried to implement the idea of gender mainstreaming. Especially, the essay focuses on articles (published in local edition of „Gazeta Wyborcza” and „Debata”) and internauts’ comments related to those texts. The author describes the social reception of gender mainstreaming and estimates the possibility of introducing gender mainstreaming directives at the territorial self-government level in Poland.Item Tożsamość homoseksualnych kobiet – dramat czy konstruktywna alternatywa?(Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM, Poznań, 2011) Wierzba, PaulinaThe article Identity of Homosexual Women – Drama or a Constructive Alternative? presents the most important aspects of homosexual identity changes, which can be observed in modern society, especially as far as problems of homosexual women are concerned. The main goal of this article is to show the crash of modernism and postmodernism ideologies connected to cultural pluralism and axiological relativism and their consequences for the shape of lesbian’s identity. Reflections are illustrated by the statements from the homosexual women’s websites. As a result, main issues can be understood better.