Vol. 8 No. 1-2 (2016): Men's affairs. Presentations: Marta Syrwid

Among the topics discussed in this issue’s main section are ways in which cultural transformations have affected the idea of masculinity. Subject matter includes: representations of masculinity in literature after 1945; male figures in Gombrowicz’s novel Ferdydurke (represented within the project of anal criticism); the theme of fatherhood in Polish poetry after the 1990s; and the end of masculinity using for its point of focus Sapkowski’s novelistic series Wiedźmin (The Witcher). The main subject of the “Presentations” section is Polish novelist Marta Syrwid, author of, among other fictions, the novel Bogactwo (Wealth). This section contains critical essays, an interview with the author, and one of her stories. The issue is completed by the regular sections “Reviews and Discussions”, “Varia”, and “Chronicles”.