A Sound Body in a Socialist Nation: Family, Work, and Disability in Polish Young Adult Literature and Disability Memoirs, 1954-1991

My dissertation, A Sound Body in a Socialist Nation: Family, Work, and Disability in Polish Young Adult Literature and Disability Memoirs, 1954-1991, analyzes literary representations of disability in Polish socialist-era literature in order to rethink the importance of family, work, and rehabilitation not only in the lives of Polish citizens, but also in the history of Polish nationalism. My inquiry is centered on two genres: young adult literature (YAL), which functioned as a site of propaganda dissemination and a tool to shape the minds of young citizens. I also study disability memoirs that contest the fantasy of a “good life” under state socialism and complicate state narratives presented by YAL writers.

Grantor dc:publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Pamula, Natalia

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ziarek, Ewa
• Comparative Literature

• disability studies
• East European studies
• gender studies

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Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10477/77928

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