“Our Indignation Drives Me.”
The Biopolitics of Abortion and Counterpublic in Poland
“Our Indignation Drives Me.”
The Biopolitics of Abortion and Counterpublic in Poland
Author(s): Teresa FazanSubject(s): Civil Society, Welfare systems, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Abortion; Biopolitics; Counterpublic; Postsocialism; Reproductive Rights; Social Movements;
Summary/Abstract: This paper approaches the Women’s Strike (2020-2021) from the participants’ perspec- tive. First, the author outlines the political and cultural context, emphasizing the contem- porary debate about abortion in Poland. Then, the analysis of the protests, conducted in line with Butler, Czarnacka, Graff, Korolczuk, and Majewska, is combined with the author’s research outcomes based on the multi-sited participant observation and semi-structured qualitative interviews with participants of the protests. The main argument is that re- evaluating the outcomes of a social movement that did not achieve its goal necessitates expanding the meaning of social change beyond the completion of said goal.
Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
- Issue Year: 68/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 11-34
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English