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Miasto nienormatywne? Społeczno-kulturowe aspekty przestrzeni miejskiej
A Non-normative City? Socio-Cultural Aspects of Urban Space

Author(s): Sylwia Chutnik
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: non-normativity; performativity; city, gender; anthropology of the body;

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the theme of performativity in the context of the norms of urban space. Drawing on an analysis of several cases of nonnormative bodies, it raises the question of the emancipatory power of the city and its potential for new narratives within the social and cultural realms. A body with a disability, a queer body, breaks out of the majority and moves differently. It is exposed to threats but also seeks a new possibility of existence. Walking as a fundamental act of exploring the city can also have an emancipatory significance.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 17-28
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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