E-folklore

Co design może zdziałać? Dom jako zespół relacji

An interpretation of „Better Shelter” by Ikea provides a point of departure for cultural analysis of the term „home”. By asking what design can do and how it affects different understandings of home territories, I prove...

I’d like to mee tyou in a timeless, placeless place. Kobiecość i przestrzeń oczami Luce Irigary i Suzane Vegi

The article views American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega's album Solitude Standing (1987) through the lens of the writings of a French psychoanalyst and feminist scholar Luce Irigaray. Vega's captivating stories of lone...

Out of the Ordinary: The Event and its Repetition in Paul Auster’s Prose

Devoid of metaphors, conventional in its syntax, and resolute in its ordinariness, Paul Auster’s prose is centered around nothing less than the extraordinary. However, the extraordinary in his narratives—which often take...

Libacje, biby, chlanie. Alkoholowe odmęty polskiego kina fabularnego. Zarys problematyki

Alcoholism is often seen in the world of film productions. It is also often depicted in Polish films. The article presents the film images of alcoholics in movies: Pętla (1957) by Wojciech Jerzy Has, Wszyscy jesteśmy Chr...