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Polish film has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation but its best known protagonists tend to be male. This book points to the important role of women as key characters in Polish films, such as the enduring female figure in Polish culture, the "Polish Mother," female characters in socialist realistic cinema, women depicted in the films of the Polish School, Solidarity heroines, and women in the films from the postcommunist period. Not less important for the success of Polish cinema are Polish women filmmakers, four of whom are presented in this volume: Wanda Jakubowska, Agnieszka Holland, Barbara Sass and Dorota Kędzierzawska, whose work is examined. Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction PART I The Polish Mother CHAPTER 1 The Myth of the Polish Mother PART II Women According to Men CHAPTER 2 Filmic Representations of the Myth of the Polish Mother CHAPTER 3 Polish ‘Superwoman’: a Liberation or Victimisation? CHAPTER 4 Caught between Activity and Passivity: Women in the Polish School CHAPTER 5 Agnieszka and Other Solidarity Heroines of Polish Cinema CHAPTER 6 Witches, Bitches and Other Victims of the Crisis of Masculinity: Women in Polish Postcommunist Cinema CHAPTER 7 Between Fear and Attraction: Images of ‘Other’ Women PART III Women behind the Camera CHAPTER 8 Wanda Jakubowska: the Communist Fighter CHAPTER 9 Barbara Sass: the Author of Women’s Films CHAPTER 10 Agnieszka Holland: a Sceptic CHAPTER 11 Dorota Kędzierzawska: Ambivalent Feminist Filmography Bibliography Index Annotation Polish film has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation but its best known protagonists tend to be male. This book points to the important role of women as key characters in Polish films, such as the enduring female figure in Polish culture, the "Polish Mother," female characters in socialist realistic cinema, women depicted in the films of the Polish School, Solidarity heroines, and women in the films from the postcommunist period. Not less important for the success of Polish cinema are Polish women filmmakers, four of whom are presented in this volume: Wanda Jakubowska, Agnieszka Holland, Barbara Sass and Dorota Kdzierzawska, whose work is examined