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This paper presents the results of fieldwork concerning local development programmes addressed to poor Indian women and the social changes they effect in the marginalised Mazahua communities in central Mexico conducted from 2011 to 2015.... more
This paper presents the results of fieldwork concerning local development programmes addressed to poor Indian women and the social changes they effect in the marginalised Mazahua communities in central Mexico conducted from 2011 to 2015. By analysing the operation of a women’s cooperative I show how neoliberal ideology, which is at the core of development schemes, incorporates both the feminist ideas of gender equality and empowerment of women, and the Mexican tradition of politicising maternity in a crisis to establish new social hierarchies, subjectivities, and power relations, promote individualistic attitudes and a new, “market-oriented” morality, and reinforce political clientelism, leading to profound and usually detrimental (for women and local gender relations) changes in the functioning of native communities.
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At the intersection of gender and class : social mobilization around mothers’ rights in Poland
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This chapter examines fathers’ activism in contemporary Poland, focusing on the ways in which activists frame the problem, their claims and expected outcomes, and on the specificity of the fathers’ ...
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This special issue of Ethnologia Polona comprises contributions from an international group of scholars who scrutinize the culturally embedded politics of food and foodways in Poland and beyond. The idea for the special issue “The... more
This special issue of Ethnologia Polona comprises contributions from an international group of scholars who scrutinize the culturally embedded politics of food and foodways in Poland and beyond. The idea for the special issue “The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating in Poland and Beyond” stemmed from discussions and collaborations with academics working in the area of food studies, and with those who use food as a lens to look at different social, cultural and political phenomena. Both groups share a commitment to a critical perspective in the social sciences and humanities, and a need to strengthen this position within international academia. We developed this special issue around the cultural politics of food and eating in order to highlight the importance of a critical perspective while studying food-related issues. Our aim is to demonstrate both the thematic scope and the theoretical directions present in the contemporary studies produced by scholars working on Poland, as well...
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The first decade of the 21th century has witnessed growing controversies over practices of mothering. On the one hand, the heated debates around abortion, infertility and IVF treatment have reflect ...
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Through multi-sited fieldwork carried out in 2011 and 2014-17 in central Oaxaca and an analysis of secondary sources, this paper scrutinizes the rise of a culinary celebrity, Zapotec cook Abigail Mendoza Ruíz of Teotitlán del Valle,... more
Through multi-sited fieldwork carried out in 2011 and 2014-17 in central Oaxaca and an analysis of secondary sources, this paper scrutinizes the rise of a culinary celebrity, Zapotec cook Abigail Mendoza Ruíz of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, in the broader context of a Mexican cultural politics of food as heritage. Focusing on food-related biography this essay reveals vernacular dynamics of heritagization of native foodways and the role renowned female cooks (cocineras) have played in this process. I scrutinize negotiations and contestations as well as open conflicts related to the representation of heritage, the politics and rights between different actors engaged over the years in (re)constructing a social imagery of ethnic female cooking for the benefits of the tourism industry, and, more broadly, state attempts at re-branding Mexico as a safe gastronomic destination. Resumen: A través de un trabajo de campo multi-situado realizado en 2011 y 2014-17 en la región central de Oaxaca y del análisis de fuentes secundarios, este texto analiza el surgimiento de una celebridad culinaria, la cocinera zapoteca Abigail Mendoza Ruíz de Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, en el contexto más amplio de la política cultural mexicana de la comida como patrimonio. Centrarme en la biografía relacionada con la alimentación me permite revelar las dinámicas vernáculas de la patrimonialización de las prácticas alimentarias-culinarias nativas y el papel que han desempeñado en este proceso las cocineras de renombre. Escudriño las negociaciones y las disputas, así como los conflictos abiertos sobre las representaciones del patrimonio, la política y los derechos entre los
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W niniejszym tekście przyglądam się specyfice turystyki kulinarnej w południowo-meksykańskim stanie Oaxaca. Rozważam ją jako przestrzeń działania pozornie przeciwstawnych procesów związanych z (re)produkowaniem lokalnej i narodowej... more
W niniejszym tekście przyglądam się specyfice turystyki kulinarnej w południowo-meksykańskim stanie Oaxaca. Rozważam ją jako przestrzeń działania pozornie przeciwstawnych procesów związanych z (re)produkowaniem lokalnej i narodowej tożsamości kulturowej oraz z intensywną globalizacją. Współzależności te badam na etnograficznym przykładzie jednego z objazdów kulinarnych, w których uczestniczyłam w 2015 roku. Stanowił on część długotrwałych, wielostanowiskowych badań terenowych w Oaxace przeprowadzonych w latach 2011-2017, uzupełnionych interpretacją źródeł zastanych. Analizuję tortilla tour w szerszym kontekście jedzenio-obrazów (foodscapes) czyli przepływu pożywienia, ludzi i wyobrażeń na temat praktyk jedzeniowych (foodways) w transnarodowym społeczeństwie konsumpcyjnym. Przyglądam się także strategiom wytwarzania dziedzictwa kulinarnego na potrzeby turystyki kulturowej, która w założeniu ma prowadzić do stymulowania rozwoju społecznego i ekonomicznego wzrostu regionu.
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The text discusses the activities of fathers' rights groups in contemporary Poland, examining how activists frame the problem, their claims and expected outcomes. Authors focus on the specificity of the fathers’ rights activism in... more
The text discusses the activities of fathers' rights groups in contemporary Poland, examining how activists frame the problem, their claims and expected outcomes. Authors focus on the specificity of the fathers’ rights activism in post-socialist Poland in comparison to other cultural and political contexts. The analysis shows that although the Polish case bears some resemblance to conservative fathers' movements in other countries, especially in the U.S.A. and Canada in their common focus on custody and strong anti-feminist rhetoric, there are also significant differences reflecting specificity of the local context.
Polish activists renounce fathers' financial responsibility for children after divorce only marginally discussing issues central in other countries, such as the threat of "fatherless nation" in the U.S.. In pursuing their goals the activists selectively employ patriarchal notion of the gender order, as well as elements of "caring masculinity" model and selective elements of the human rights discourse, for example, men’s rights in courts and children's right to have a father. The movement’s mobilization frames are interpreted as a response to the Polish construction of fathering, influenced by the socialist model of state-fatherhood, processes of re-traditionalization and neoliberalization (e.g. privatization of care) initiated in 1989, as well as recent trends which include changes in state policy (e.g. introduction of fathers' leave) and new public discourse about the meanings of fatherhood (so called "daddyism") but also the contemporary wave of emergent nationalism and backlash against "genderism", interpreted as promoting gender equality, the rights of sexual minorities and sexual education in schools. The empirical illustration of the analysis is derived from a case-study of fathers' rights activism in Poland which included qualitative analysis of media reports, participant observation in and textual analysis of public debates on fatherhood and parenthood, as well as interviews with activists conducted in 2012-14.
Polish activists renounce fathers' financial responsibility for children after divorce only marginally discussing issues central in other countries, such as the threat of "fatherless nation" in the U.S.. In pursuing their goals the activists selectively employ patriarchal notion of the gender order, as well as elements of "caring masculinity" model and selective elements of the human rights discourse, for example, men’s rights in courts and children's right to have a father. The movement’s mobilization frames are interpreted as a response to the Polish construction of fathering, influenced by the socialist model of state-fatherhood, processes of re-traditionalization and neoliberalization (e.g. privatization of care) initiated in 1989, as well as recent trends which include changes in state policy (e.g. introduction of fathers' leave) and new public discourse about the meanings of fatherhood (so called "daddyism") but also the contemporary wave of emergent nationalism and backlash against "genderism", interpreted as promoting gender equality, the rights of sexual minorities and sexual education in schools. The empirical illustration of the analysis is derived from a case-study of fathers' rights activism in Poland which included qualitative analysis of media reports, participant observation in and textual analysis of public debates on fatherhood and parenthood, as well as interviews with activists conducted in 2012-14.
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Research Interests: Social Movements, Gender Studies, Ethics, Sex and Gender, Feminist Theory, and 13 moreMarxism, Feminist Philosophy, Class, Gender, Michel Foucault, Social and Political Philosophy, Solidarity Economy, Women and Work, Intersectionality, Qualitative Methodologies, Theories of Socialism, Antiglobalization Social Movements, and Latin American feminisms
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This paper presents the results of fieldwork concerning local development programmes addressed to poor Indian women and the social changes they effect in the marginalised Mazahua communities in central Mexico conducted from 2011 to 2015.... more
This paper presents the results of fieldwork concerning local development programmes addressed to poor Indian women and the social changes they effect in the marginalised Mazahua communities in central Mexico conducted from 2011 to 2015. By analysing the operation of a women's cooperative I show how neoliberal ideology, which is at the core of development schemes, incorporates both the feminist ideas of gender equality and empowerment of women, and the Mexican tradition of politicising maternity in a crisis to establish new social hierarchies, subjectivities, and power relations, promote individualistic attitudes and a new, “market-oriented” morality, and reinforce political clientelism, leading to profound and usually detrimental (for women and local gender relations) changes in the functioning of native communities.