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Demilitaryzacja polskiej męskości
Demilitarization of the Polish Masculinity

Author(s): Wojciech Śmieja
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: military masculinity model;Polish culture after World War II;military masculinity ethos;martial law in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The considerations presented in the article refer to the fortune of “military masculinity” in Polish culture after World War II. Against a comparative background (Germany, USA, USSR) the author reconstructs the process of “military masculinity” ethos breakup. He also indicates that in the Polish reality an important role in the negotiations over the shape of the dominating pattern of masculinity was played the martial law as a final discredit of “military masculinity” model.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 161-178
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish