Zofia Ulańska
Wielogłos, Issue 4 (58) 2023, 2023, pp. 157 - 183
https://doi.org/10.4467/2084395XWI.23.032.18867According to bell hooks, the politics of localisation makes counter-hegemonic practices possible. The article reflexes on tensions between the center and the peripheries. The center here stand for the Polish mainstream literary criticism from the turn of 20th and 21st centuries, specifically in reference to the non-heteronormative literature, exposing the context of democracy tolerating the otherness and strongly valuing the literary works based on their quality, which frequently leads to the ignorance about “one’s own voice” (which Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick finds necessary for the queer perspective). The peripheries are represented by Ewa Schilling – the author who consequently portrays Polish lesbians’ existence from 1993 till today. The paper highlights her selected localisations (lesbian and gay magazines Filo and Inaczej, Borussia Cultural Community and Seqoja – publishing house founded by her) as well as the characteristics of her work. The current “flood” of multiple publications labelled with the “queer” umbrella term, sends the 90s’ literature to the peripheries once more.