Examines Polish women's oppression before, on the cusp and after the collapse of communism. The book analyzes the relationship between Solidarity, state capitalism, nationalism and feminism by drawing on a wide variety of source material.

Inhalt

Part 1 (Mis) Representations of Polish women: the West's other; subject woman/subject nation; table's corner; state capital's monument; the average woman; holes and hope; solidarity for whom?; outside conclusions. Part 2 Polish women representing themselves: re-introduction; women who weave; women who manage; women who prime; women who rule; end openings. Part 3 Re-translating Polish feminism: the unmothered past; post war compacts; writing the sky; don't sweep - fly; feminist I am.