Practicing Modernity at Home: Expert Discourses and Women's Narratives on Household in Late Socialist Poland.

  • Published In: Gender & History, 2025, v. 37, n. 2. P. 764 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Stańczak‐Wiślicz, Katarzyna 3 of 3

Abstract

This article explores gendered notions of modernity in late socialist Poland in the context of the household. It examines the scenarios of modernity for the household that were developed by various expert bodies and popularised by the mass media, and women's memoirs written as competition entries that describe their everyday practices. The main aim of this analysis is to examine how the memoirists responded to expert discourses about gendered modernity at home. The article shows that although they appear to have understood how to produce their life stories to interweave their experiences with official political discourse, the memoirs can be considered a valuable source that describes how individuals understood modernity, and how expert discourses affected their value system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Gender & History. 2025/07, Vol. 37, Issue 2, p764
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Politics and Government
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0953-5233
  • DOI:10.1111/1468-0424.12764
  • Accession Number:186312877
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