Problematyka Niechcianej Ciąży i Aborcji w Filmie Polskim. Ideologia, Polityka, Rzeczywistość
The Problem of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Polish Film. The Ideology, Politics, Reality

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to answer the question: what was (and what is) the film image of the problem of unwanted pregnancy and abortion in Poland. This is about a specific film discourse. Cinema is a reflection of reality, sometimes portrayed through a distorted mirror. It is also a production of culture. From this perspective, an interesting topic is how cinema portrays a taboo – the issue of abortion and what myths around this subject cinema creates and perpetuates, and what myths it deconstructs.The text is written from a sociological perspective, including film sociology. The actual connections between the work and the world seem to be as equally interesting for the sociologist as are the studies of communication between the artist and the viewer.The presentation of the problem of unwanted pregnancy and abortion in Polish cinema allows for the connections between art (cinema) and social reality to be followed. The author uses a diachronic perspective to ultimately point to the interrelationships between politics, ideology and reality in films addressing the issues under analysis.

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