The Polish Journal of AestheticsEstetyka i Krytyka

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics

Estetyka

i Krytyka

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics

41 (2/2016) Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Estetyka

i Krytyka

Estetyka  ‹”›–›ƒಾThe  Polish  Journal  of  Aesthetics Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief:

Leszek  Sosnowski

Editorial  Board:

Natalia  Anna  Michna  (Deputy  Editor),  Dominika  Czakon  (Secretary),   ™‘ƒǤƒŽ‡…ǡƒˆƒÏƒœ—”ǡƒ—…Š–ƒǡƒ”…‹—„‡…‹

Advisory  Board:

σ†›•Ïƒ™–”×Ǚ•‹ǡ‹œ‹ƒƒ†‹‘ǡ ”ƒ…‹•œ‡Š‹‡Ž‘™•‹ǡ  

Nigel  Dower,  Grzegorz  Dziamski,  Bogdan  Dziemidok,  Tadeusz  Gadacz,     ‡ƒ”‘†‹ǡƒ”Ž—’Š”‹‡•ǡ‹‘ƒ•—›ƒǡƒ”‘Ž›‘”•‡›‡”ǡ  

‡”‡•ƒ‘•–›”‘ǡ‹ƒƒ‹‡–Œ‡•‡›‡”•ǡƒ”Žƒ‹Žƒ‹ƒ‹ ‘ǡ  

†”œ‡Œ Ǥ‘™ƒǡŽĂ„‹‡–ƒƒ…œ‘™•ƒǦOƒ‰‘™•ƒǡƒ—”‘‡”ƒ‹ǡ  

‘ϐ‹ƒ‘•‹Ñ•ƒǡ‡ƒ–ƒœ›ƒÑ•ƒǡ ל‡ˆƒ”‘™•‹ǡ‹›‘‹–•——‹ǡ  

ƒ‡‹†Ž‡”Ǧ ƒ‹•œ‡™•ƒǡ‘‰—•Ïƒ™›Ï‘

Contact:  

Institute  of  Philosophy,  Jagiellonian  University   ͷʹ”‘†œƒ–”‡‡–ǡ͵ͳǦͲͲͶ”ƒ×™ǡ‘Žƒ†  

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—„Ž‹•Š‡†„›ǣ   Institute  of  Philosophy,  Jagiellonian  University   ͷʹ”‘†œƒ–”‡‡–ǡ͵ͳǦͲͲͶ”ƒ×™

‘Ǧ’—„Ž‹•Š‡”ǣ   Wydawnictwo  Nowa  Strona   ͺͷȀʹ͸Oƒ‰‘†ƒ–”‡‡–ǡͶ͵Ǧ͵ͲͲ‹‡Ž•‘Ǧ‹ƒÏƒ

Proofreading:  

‹…Šƒ”†”‹…•‘ǡƒ”…‹—„‡…‹ǡƒ–ƒ”œ›ƒ‹‰†ƒÏ Editorial  Layout  and  Typesetting:  

ƒ–ƒ”œ›ƒ‹‰†ƒÏ Cover  Design:  

‘ƒƒ‘”†ƒ•

On  the  Cover:  

Beth  Cavener  Olympia  (2006)  

„‹‰‹‡™–”œ‡Ž…œ›ˆ”‘–Š‡…›…Ž‡Three  graces  (2014) ‹”•–†‹–‹‘ǣͳͷͲ…‘’‹‡•

̹‘’›”‹‰Š–„› ƒ‰‹‡ŽŽ‘‹ƒ‹˜‡”•‹–›  

All  rights  reserved   e-­‐ISSN  2353-­‐723X  /  p-­‐ISSN  1643-­‐1243

aesthetics and gender

                    Editors of the Volume:

Carolyn Korsmeyer

Natalia Anna Michna

Contents

Carolyn  Korsmeyer   Preface   9

Charmaine  Carvalho   Chick  Lit  in  India:  Possibilities  for  a  Feminine        

  Aesthetic  in  Popular  Fiction   13

Noelle  Leslie   The  Weeping  Woman  in  the  Graphic  Memoir:        

de  la  Cruz   A  Derridean  Inquiry  into  the  Traces/Trait(s)        

  of  “Self”   33

†‡ÒƒƒŽ‹…ž The  Gender  Metamorphosis  of  Narcissus.        

  Salvador  Dalí:  Metamorphosis  of  Narcissus   51

Zoey  Lavallee   What’s  Wrong  with  the  (White)  Female  Nude?   77

ƒ–ƒŽ‹ƒƒ‹…Šƒ “You’ve  come  a  long  way,  baby:”  the  Evolution           of  Feminine  Identity  Models  on  the  Example        

  of  Contemporary  Language  of  Advertising   99

Carla  Milani  Damião   Women  as  Constellation        

  in  Walter  Benjamin’s  Aesthetics   119

Adrian  Mróz   Imagined  Hierarchies  as  Conditionals        

  of  Gender  in  Aesthetics   135

Sheryl  Tuttle  Ross   (500)  Days  of  Summer:  A  Postmodern        

 ‘ƒ–‹…‘‡†›ǫ   155

ƒ”–ƒ—Ћ Blood,  Death  and  Fear  –  Philosophy  and  Art        

  in  Relation  to  the  Myth  of  Womanhood   177

ƒ–ƒŽ‹ƒƒ—„‘˜ƒ Phantasies  of  Restored  Innocence:  Traces           of  the  Actress  Irena  Solska  (1875–1958)        

 ‹–Š‡”ƒƒ•‘ˆ ‡”œ›—󙕍‹ȋͷ;ͽͺȂͷͿͷͻȌ 191

Mary  Edwards   Aesthetics  and  the  Feminine  Conference    

  Report   207

  About  the  Contributors   213