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Trylogia autobiograficzna Moniki Jaruzelskiej, czyli o „feminizmie” w świecie celebrytek
Autobiographical Trilogy by Monika Jaruzelska. Remarks On Celebrity „Feminism”

Author(s): Magdalena Piekara
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: celebrities; feminism; autobiography; Monika Jaruzelska; memories

Summary/Abstract: The question of feminism rarely surfaces in the world of celebrities, but even if it does appear, it is immediately disavowed with a repeatable set of clichés and stereotypes, both linguistic and social. “I love women”, “I don’t want to fight men”, “I like to feel like a woman” and – probably the most absurd of them all – “I like it when man hold the door for me” constitute a fixed set of sentences relating to one’s personal, or rather – by automatic iteration of meaningless phrases – non-personal but situational (and thus well-known and expected) stance on feminism. Against this background, the article examines the autobiography of Monika Jaruzelska (divided into three volumes: Miss companion [Towarzyszka panienka], Family [Rodzina] and Breath [Oddech]), which is especially interesting as she declares herself to be a feminist.

  • Issue Year: 15/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 123-137
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish