Imposed Belonging

The concept and realization of family gender issues in socialist Poland was generally a contested topic. had remained core institution society—and yet, it underwent significant transformation due to changing life-style models social expectations. In the late 1960s, crisis officially acknowledged, as new expectations increasingly conflicted with shortage economic resources, systemic limitations. Diverging ideas about roles stereotypes intensified tensions private sphere. This article discusses manifestations literature film time, tracing debated society uncovering dominant narratives. Social problems like alcoholism or domestic violence found their way into official statistics well literary cinematographic productions, arts presenting qualitative seismology crisis. staging partnership pragmatism “monetarization” relations, functioned an introspective tool for cultural discourses. debate on will be cross-read March 1968 Poland. student revolts, repression anti-Semitic campaign, events known “March ’68”, brought ethno-nationalist paradigm politics that silently reframed lineage socially politically relevant dimension. Yet narrative class ethnic liability suggested by mass media went mostly unregistered arts, emerging only margins production.