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Introduction (p. 11) |
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The Family in Postwar Central- Eastern Europe in Historiography: Sketching out the Picture (p. 12) |
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Research Goals (p. 18) |
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The Construction of the Work (p. 23) |
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Sources (p. 24) |
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Acknowledgments (p. 28) |
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Chapter 1 Taboo as a Research Category in the Historian's Toolkit (p. 31) |
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1.1. Taboo: Semantic Journeys (p. 32) |
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1.2. Taboo, or: Organizing through Avoidance (p. 35) |
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1.3. The Morphology of Taboo (p. 37) |
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Chapter 2 Introduction to Sociological Discourse on the Family (p. 39) |
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2.1. The Discourse Framework (p. 42) |
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2.2. Polish Family Sociologists after the Second World War (p. 43) |
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2.3. The Glorification of the Family and the Paradigm of the Crisis (p. 50) |
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2.4. The Theory of the Great Change (p. 53) |
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2.5. The City Vs.the Country (p. 56) |
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2.6. Narrative Strategies (p. 60) |
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Chapter 3 "Unmarried Girl with Child:" Beyond a Hybrid System of Social Aid (p. 65) |
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Introduction: We Begin Just the Two of Us (p. 65) |
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3.1. "Pregnant, Single, and Far from Home:" Crisis and Coming out of the Shadows (p. 68) |
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3.1.1. The Framework of Social Politics (p. 74) |
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3.2. Single Motherhood and Young Mothers: Language and Numbers (p. 77) |
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3.2.1. Families of Unwed Mothers in Statistics (p. 81) |
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3.3. The Great Breakthrough That Never Happened: The Situation after the Second World War (p. 85) |
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3.4. Exclusion through Omission and Avoidance (1956-1989) (p. 91) |
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3.4.1. Unmodern (p. 91) |
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3.4.2. "Citizenization:" Symptoms of Change (p. 96) |
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3.4.3. The Stamp of Immorality and Coping Strategies (p. 99) |
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Chapter 4 Divorce: On the Criminalization Process and the Power of Popular Culture to Disarm Taboo (p. 107) |
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Introduction: Minutes (p. 107) |
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4.1. Divorce as a Legal Ritual (p. 112) |
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4.1.1. Divorce in Modern Europe (p. 113) |
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4.1.2. A Unified Polish Marriage Law, 1945 (p. 117) |
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4.1.3. The Legacy of Interwar Poland: Divorce? What's That? (p. 119) |
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4.1.4. The Reform of Divorce Law in Communist Poland (p. 123) |
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4.2. Divorce in Numbers (p. 125) |
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4.3. Rituals of "Criminalization" (p. 128) |
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4.3.1. "This Question was a Kind of Trick" (p. 128) |
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.4.3.2 "One of my colleagues got divorced, now he drinks" (p. 132) |
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4.4. Public Psychotherapy: On the Humanization of Divorce (p. 142) |
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4.5. A Marital (and Thus National) Crisis (p. 151) |
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Chapter 5 Gesture or Crime? Physical Violence at Home (p. 157) |
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Introduction: The Case of Ewa Świder, Nowa Huta, June 1956 (p. 164) |
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5.1. Legal and Educational Discourse on Corporal Punishment (p. 173) |
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5.1.1. A "Teacher from the Stone Age" (p. 179) |
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5.1.2. If He Hits Me It Means He Loves Me (p. 181) |
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5.2. Domestic Violence as Alcohol- Induced Violence (p. 183) |
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5.3. Records of Violence (p. 189) |
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5.3.1. The Individual Experience: Woman as a Victim of Violence (p. 189) |
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Of the True Man of the House and the Lazy Wife (p. 189) |
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Abuse and Psychological Damage (p. 192) |
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5.3.2. Narratives of Violence (p. 194) |
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The Press Discourse in an Era of Crisis (p. 197) |
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Men as Victims of Violence (p. 199) |
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Chapter 6 Abortion - An Example of Breaking a Taboo (p. 203) |
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Introduction: The Case of Maria from near Bochnia (p. 203) |
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Reconstruction of Events (p. 203) |
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Controlling Fertility (p. 206) |
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Between the Lines (p. 208) |
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Pain and Shame (p. 210) |
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The Abortion Taboo (p. 211) |
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6.1. "The Segment of Pregnant Women:" Abortion in Citizens' Words 1955-1956 (p. 213) |
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6.1.1. Between a "Harmful Operation" and the "Ogino- Knaus Method" (p. 218) |
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6.1.2. "Dear Radio, Help out Us Women..." (p. 221) |
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Conclusion (p. 225) |
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Bibliography (p. 231) |
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Index of Names (p. 257) |