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• Title:
  The (Lost) Voice of a Woman: the Gorgonowa Case in Irena Krzywicka’s Narrative
• Creator:
  Kurowicka, Anna;
  Serafin, Ewa;
  Wróblewska-Trochimiuk, Ewa
• Description:
  The article analyses Irena Krzywicka’s coverage of the so-called Gorgonowa case, in which a Yugoslavian citizen, Rita Gorgon, was accused of killing her teenage stepdaughter. The authors notice two seemingly dissonant practices in the analysed text: Krzywicka’s involvement in the fight for women’s rights is accompanied by taking away the accused’s voice. The feminist writer treats the case as a pretext for a critique of the bourgeoisie and its institutions, which she achieves by revealing and exaggerating the theatricality coupled with sadism present in the court proceedings. The strategy of exoticisation of Rita Gorgon, which affected her perception as a stranger, is also explored. In the emotionally charged description of the trial, there is surprisingly little space for the voice of the accused herself, who is not represented by Krzywicka, but merely presented. The pursuit of rehabilitation undertaken by Rita Gorgon’s daughter and granddaughter appears to be an attempt to symbolically return the voice to the accused and to recreate the “feminine continuum”.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Date:
  2017.05.10
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  English;
  eng
• Source:
  Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne; No. 11 (2016): Teorie i praktyki genderowe w słowiańskich tekstach kultury. Innowacje – Inspiracje – Interpretacje; 127-142;
  Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne; Nr 11 (2016): Teorie i praktyki genderowe w słowiańskich tekstach kultury. Innowacje – Inspiracje – Interpretacje; 127-142;
  2450-2731;
  2084-3011
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pss/article/view/7661/7662
• Subject:
  Irena Krzywicka;
  the Gorgonowa case;
  the voice of women;
  femme fatale;
  Lviv;
  sadism;
  feminine continuum;
  stranger
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pss/article/view/7661
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  other