Women, Communism, and Industrialization in Postwar Poland - Softcover

Fidelis, Malgorzata

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107617669 ISBN 13: 9781107617667

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Whereas conventional historical accounts of European communism tend to delegate women to the margins, Malgorzata Fidelis' study of female industrial workers in postwar Poland proves that women were central to the making of communist society. Her research highlights the pivotal role of ideas and practices of gender in political contestation between state and society.

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'Malgorzata Fidelis provides a significant and comprehensive research study that questions conventional historical accounts of women and communism within the European context. ... provides a rich and nuanced account of the ways in which gender was taken up by state and society who shifted its meaning depending on social and politico-economic needs of the time.' Canadian Woman Studies

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Conventional historical accounts of European communism tend to delegate women to the margins. By focusing on female industrial workers in postwar Poland, Malgorzata Fidelis demonstrates that women, in fact, were central to the making of communist society both as subjects of policies and ideology, and as powerful historical agents in their own right. This book uncovers a dynamic story of political contestation between state and society, in which ideas and practices of gender played a surprisingly pivotal role. Through fascinating material ranging from previously untapped party and secret police records to ordinary people's letters to the press and oral interviews, the book offers new insights on the social impact of war, struggles on the shop-floor, the challenges of incorporating village girls into fast-moving industrial society, the societal resistance against women entering male-dominated occupations, and finally the unexpected consequences of liberalization and reform.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107617669
• ISBN 13: 9781107617667
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296