Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I The Polish Mother
7. CHAPTER 1 The Myth of the Polish Mother 13
8. PART II Women According to Men
9. CHAPTER 2 Filmic Representations of the Myth of the Polish Mother 35
10. CHAPTER 3 Polish ‘Superwoman’: a Liberation or Victimisation? 55
11. CHAPTER 4 Caught between Activity and Passivity: Women in the Polish School 75
12. CHAPTER 5 Agnieszka and Other Solidarity Heroines of Polish Cinema 92
13. CHAPTER 6 Witches, Bitches and Other Victims of the Crisis of Masculinity: Women in Polish Postcommunist Cinema 110
14. CHAPTER 7 Between Fear and Attraction: Images of ‘Other’ Women 131
15. PART III Women behind the Camera
16. CHAPTER 8 Wanda Jakubowska: the Communist Fighter 147
17. CHAPTER 9 Barbara Sass: the Author of Women’s Films 166
18. CHAPTER 10 Agnieszka Holland: a Sceptic 185
19. CHAPTER 11 Dorota Kędzierzawska: Ambivalent Feminist 205
20. Filmography 221
21. Bibliography 226
22. Index 235