Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include numerous articles in Polish and English and several books, such as Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni Moretti (Wallflower Press, London, 2004) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (IB Tauris, 2003, London) (both co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating Britishness (MUP, 2004).

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Introduction
Ewa Mazierska and Elzbieta Ostrowska

PART I: THE POLISH MOTHER

Chapter 1. The Myth of the Polish Mother
Joanna Szwajcowska

PART II: WOMEN ACCORDING TO MEN

Chapter 2. Filmic Representations of the Myth of the Polish Mother
Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 3. Polish 'Superwoman': a Liberation or Victimisation?
Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 4. Caught between Activity and Passivity: Women in the Polish School
Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 5. Agnieszka and Other Solidarity Heroines of Polish Cinema
Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 6. Witches, Bitches and Other Victims of the Crisis of Masculinity: Women in Polish Postcommunist Cinema
Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 7. Between Fear and Attraction: Images of 'Other' Women
Elzbieta Ostrowska

PART III: WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA

Chapter 8. Wanda Jakubowska: the Communist Fighter
Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 9. Barbara Sass: the Author of Women's Films
Ewa Mazierska

Chapter 10. Agnieszka Holland: a Sceptic
Elzbieta Ostrowska

Chapter 11. Dorota Kêdzierzawska: Ambivalent Feminist
Ewa Mazierska

Filmography

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