Gender on Trial
Changes in Legal and Discursive Practices Concerning Sexual Violence in Poland from the 1970s to the Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3079997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Agnieszka Kościańska (0000-0002-5512-425X, University of Warsaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnologia Europaea (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.16995/ee.1740 |
| OpenAlex | W3005752610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 21 |
Since 1932, Poland has had a progressive law regarding rape, according to which rape is defined regardless of the relationship between the rapist and the victim or their gender. However, this law has not been fully executed because of widespread stereotypes concerning rape. This paper draws on multiple ethnographic and archival sources and focuses on the changes in discourses on rape and court practices in rape cases that have occurred since the 1970s. It shows that feminists have been instrumental in shifting discourses of sexual violence and court practices in rape cases by bringing women’s/victims’ voices into the public sphere. This paper also unveils mechanisms of emancipation that were not possible without local developments in expert knowledge and local feminist activity
Criminology · Emancipation · Ethnography · Political science · Politics · Sexual violence · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law
Feminist methods in social research
Płeć, przyjemność i przemoc. Kształtowanie wiedzy eksperckiej o seksualności w Polsce
Gender Politics and Everyday Life in State Socialist Eastern and Central Europe
The Politics of Morality
An American Obsession
Reproducing Gender
Sexual Liberation, Socialist Style
Aftermath
Sex on equal terms? Polish sexology on women’s emancipation and ‘good sex’ from the 1970s to the present
The Politics of Feminist Knowledge Transfer
Against Our Will. Men, Women and Rape
A History of Rape
Anti-gender campaigns in Europe
Gender violence in Russia
Kryminologiczno-epistemologiczne i genderowe aspekty przestępstwa zgwałcenia
Gender on Trial
Violence and Women's Lives in Eastern Guatemala
Bringing the Second World In
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |