TY - JOUR
TI - Unextinguished Potential of Locality. Polish “Lesbian Literature” in the Context of “Centralized” Literary Criticism on the Example of Ewa Schilling and Her Works’ Reception
AU - Ulańska, Zofia
TI - Unextinguished Potential of Locality. Polish “Lesbian Literature” in the Context of “Centralized” Literary Criticism on the Example of Ewa Schilling and Her Works’ Reception
AB - 
	According 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.
VL - 2023
IS - Issue 4 (58) 2023
PY - 2023
SN - 1897-1962
C1 - 2084-395X
SP - 157
EP - 183
DO - 10.4467/2084395XWI.23.032.18867
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wieloglos/article/niegasnacy-potencjal-lokalnosci-tworczosc-ewy-schilling-w-kontekscie-narracji-krytycznoliterackiego-centrum-o-literaturze-lesbijskiej
KW - Polish lesbian literature
KW - Ewa Schilling
KW - literary criticism
KW - the politics of location
KW - queer
KW - gay and lesbian magazines