Gender i (auto)biografia
Gender And (Auto)biography

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article explores the connection between gender and (auto)biography. The release of the Encyklopedia gender. Płeć w kulturze [Encyclopedia Of Gender. Gender In Culture] is the ocassion for reflections on the subject. It is the first publication of its kind issued in Polish language. It presents in the form of entries the terminology and methodology of gender studies in various fields of science. In the article the (auto)biographical category is treated in a context which goes beyond literature. The encyclopedia is an interdisciplinary publication, spanning from cultural studies, sociology, history to anthropology and medicine. The author draws attention to the identity (also as a socio-cultural construct) which is an element of the biography. The author indicates (auto)biographical traces in the encyclopedia’s entries in order to confirm the fact that the category of gender has autobiography inscribed in it.

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