Women, communism, and industrialization in postwar Poland / Malgorzata Fidelis.
2010
HX315.7.A6 F53 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Women, communism, and industrialization in postwar Poland / Malgorzata Fidelis.
Author
Fidelis, Malgorzata, 1971-
ISBN
9780521196871
0521196876
0521196876
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HX315.7.A6 F53 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.409438/09045
Summary
"Malgorzata Fidelis' study of female industrial workers in postwar Poland proves that women were central to the making of communist society"--Provided by publisher.
"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, ⁴s̥ 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"--Provided by publisher.
"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, ⁴s̥ 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"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Visions of equality: the state, the church, and women's sections
Heroines and rebels: accomodation and resistance on the shop floor
From village to factory: creating the new proletarians
New women for new occupations: the case of coal mining
Women astray: debating sexuality and reproduction during the thaw
Reforming the system, protecting motherhood: contradictions of the poststalinist experience
Epilogue: from communism to postcommunism
Appendix. Personal interviews.
Visions of equality: the state, the church, and women's sections
Heroines and rebels: accomodation and resistance on the shop floor
From village to factory: creating the new proletarians
New women for new occupations: the case of coal mining
Women astray: debating sexuality and reproduction during the thaw
Reforming the system, protecting motherhood: contradictions of the poststalinist experience
Epilogue: from communism to postcommunism
Appendix. Personal interviews.