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""This groundbreaking book examines how Ukrainian women’s prose (1991–2016) reshaped ideas of identity, nationhood, and memory. Using feminist and postcolonial perspectives, Radecka highlights the rise of Ukraine’s powerful female literary voice amid social and political upheaval."" Mateusz Świetlicki, Associate Professor at the Department of American Literature and Culture, University of Wrocław, Poland ""Bold, moving, and timely - Aniela Radecka’s book reveals the voices of Ukrainian women writers who have changed the face of Ukrainian literature and reshaped understanding of identity. Zabuzhko, Maljartschuk, and Andrukhovych show convincingly how words become powerful tools of freedom. A must-read for researchers of Eastern European culture."" Professor Agnieszka Matusiak-Bakuła, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Poland

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Aniela Radecka is a researcher and university teacher at the Department of Polish-Ukrainian Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University. She holds a PhD in literary studies from the University of Wrocław, Poland (2021). She earned her MA degrees in international relations studies (2014) and in cultural studies (2014), both from Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland). She specialises in Ukrainian contemporary women’s prose, women's literary (auto)biography in cultural, social and political contexts, national identity building in post-1991 Ukraine and the role of women in it.

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