Anita Pluwak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4135672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anita Pluwak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anita |
| FAMILY NAME | Pluwak |
| SIGNATURE | PLUWAK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0881-4407 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women on the Verge of a Conservative Revolution
This article examines female-authored fiction as an underexplored component of the intellectual infrastructure underpinning the rise of illiberal conservatism in Poland. It focuses on three novels – Maryna Miklaszewska’s Hipster (2012/2016), Martyna Ochnik’s Oszołomy (2012), and Agnieszka Urbanowska’s Paląc trawę na rykowisku (2014) – to consider how they articulate calls for radical societal change and mobilize gender. The novels critique postco…
Reworking the Eastern European Past through Audiovisual Archival Practices
This introductory article reflects on how this special issue rethinks the role of audiovisual archives in shaping cultural memory, historiography, and institutional authority, with a particular focus on the liminal status of Eastern Europe. Bringing together scholars, archivists, and artists from across the region, it shifts attention from film as a finished text to archiving as a dynamic and contested process shaped by material fragility, indivi…
"Staging the "Stolen Transition
This article explores how three popular crime novels from the 2000s articulate postsocialist Poland's most prevalent conspiracy narrative: that of a hidden network (układ) of communist-era secret service agents that have allegedly penetrated the structures and economy of the post-1989 state, thus "stealing" the transition to democracy and capitalism, and making it impossible for the new system to thrive. Whereas previous research has dealt mainly…
Beyond Outrage
In recent decades, public disagreements over artistic expression have emerged as a key feature of contemporary democratic culture. This has also been the case in the formerly communist countries of East and Central Europe such as Poland where persistent arts controversy has become a central component of the postcommunist era. This article explores the characteristics of postcommunist Poland’s arts conflicts, how they relate to other models of con…
Polen 1918–2010
Peter Johnsson
Beyond Outrage
In recent decades, public disagreements over artistic expression have emerged as a key feature of contemporary democratic culture. This has also been the case in the formerly communist countries of East and Central Europe such as Poland where persistent arts controversy has become a central component of the postcommunist era. This article explores the characteristics of postcommunist Poland’s arts conflicts, how they relate to other models of con…
Peter Johnsson
Polen 1918–2010
Beyond Outrage
In recent decades, public disagreements over artistic expression have emerged as a key feature of contemporary democratic culture. This has also been the case in the formerly communist countries of East and Central Europe such as Poland where persistent arts controversy has become a central component of the postcommunist era. This article explores the characteristics of postcommunist Poland’s arts conflicts, how they relate to other models of con…
"Staging the "Stolen Transition
This article explores how three popular crime novels from the 2000s articulate postsocialist Poland's most prevalent conspiracy narrative: that of a hidden network (układ) of communist-era secret service agents that have allegedly penetrated the structures and economy of the post-1989 state, thus "stealing" the transition to democracy and capitalism, and making it impossible for the new system to thrive. Whereas previous research has dealt mainly…
Reworking the Eastern European Past through Audiovisual Archival Practices
This introductory article reflects on how this special issue rethinks the role of audiovisual archives in shaping cultural memory, historiography, and institutional authority, with a particular focus on the liminal status of Eastern Europe. Bringing together scholars, archivists, and artists from across the region, it shifts attention from film as a finished text to archiving as a dynamic and contested process shaped by material fragility, indivi…
Women on the Verge of a Conservative Revolution
This article examines female-authored fiction as an underexplored component of the intellectual infrastructure underpinning the rise of illiberal conservatism in Poland. It focuses on three novels – Maryna Miklaszewska’s Hipster (2012/2016), Martyna Ochnik’s Oszołomy (2012), and Agnieszka Urbanowska’s Paląc trawę na rykowisku (2014) – to consider how they articulate calls for radical societal change and mobilize gender. The novels critique postco…
Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (3 works) · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (2 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works)