Ludzkie maszyny i uliczne mięso - kabaret jako fabryka pragnienia
Human machines and street meat – the cabaret as a factory of desire

Summary/Abstract: Agata Adamiecka-Sitek writes about the subversiveness of the cabaret at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries within the context of violent socio-economic transformations. She describes the repertoire of Warsaw cabarets, focusing on the “conventions of femininity” deconstructed by the cabaret. Referring to Gabriela Zapolska's work and cabaret songs printed in the press, she presents a detailed analysis of strategies they use in order to show the truth about the dramatic situation of prostitutes. She describes the paradoxes inscribed into the cabaret, which, itself being a space of sexual oppression and exploitation, allows to create a “utopian current”, which makes it possible to build a critical and emancipatory presentation of the repressed areas of social life.

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