Gender Studies and Women's Equality as Orwellian "Thoughtcrimes"? The Threat of Self-Censorship and Polish Academic Autobiographical Resistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4847833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elżbieta Klimek-Dominiak (0000-0003-4956-4483, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 784-811 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2019.0078 |
| OpenAlex | W3041813971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Given the significant increase of recent threats by the far right against Polish gender studies scholars, this article focuses on the life narratives of Polish academics who have been intimidated because of their research. It argues that the danger of substituting self-censorship for free inquiry can be partially prevented by acts of academic autobiographical resistance. It has developed not in book-length memoirs, but in various life narratives, such as acts of self-presentation through extended biographical interviews, personal essays, open letters of protest, online accounts of witnessing, and the visual arts. Such an approach involving common autobiographical acts in multiple media best enacts both intellectual and affective forms of academic resistance to widespread misrepresentations of gender studies
Aesthetics · Art · Censorship · Life writing · Literature · Media studies · Memoir · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Labour Market and Migration · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |