Growing Up as a Girl in Late Socialist Poland: The Personal, the Political and Class in Feminist Quasi-Autobiographical Novels by Izabela Filipiak and Joanna Bator

The article examines how representations of late socialism, seen through the eyes of adolescent girls, function in ‘quasi-autobiographical novels’ by Izabela Filipiak (Absolutna amnezja [Absolutne Amnesia], 1995) and Joanna Bator (Piaskowa Góra [The Sandy Hill], 2008). The authors, born in the 1960s...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Mrozik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2021-07-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/37603