Women and Neo-Liberal Biopolitics: A Case of Polish Reality Shows Cover Image

Kobiety a neoliberalna biopolityka. Przypadek polskich reality shows
Women and Neo-Liberal Biopolitics: A Case of Polish Reality Shows

Author(s): Sławomir Czapnik, Ineza Drewniak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: women; gender; neo-liberalism; Michel Foucault; biopolitics; Reality TV

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze women’s image in Polish Reality TV, using Michel Foucault’s category of biopolitics and Marxian and Marxist thought. Text contains three chapters. Firstly, authors are describing show Superniania (Supernanny) and depiction of biopower in an area of reproduction. Then, two dating shows, Hotel Paradise (Paradise Hotel) and Love Island. Wyspa Miłości (Love Island), are crucial in understanding important issues of sex and love. Last chapter is devoted to the show Damy i wieśniaczki (Ladies and Peasant Women), especially in a class context of biopower over women.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 127-145
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish