Polityka pamięci a sprawa polska Między nami dobrze jest Doroty Masłowskiej

• Authors: Anna Gębala

Title variants

EN

Memory Politics and the Polish Case: Dorota Masłowska’s Między nami dobrze jest

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author refers to Memory Studies and analyzes the way in which Dorota Masłowska depicts Polish society that took part in the democratic transition 1989–1990. Masłowska puts emphasis on the mechanisms of late capitalism that shape both imaginary ideas and real social structures. The literary representation of the nation points to a community constructed not upon the tradition and history but on the simulacra produced by politically inclined discourse of media, pop culture and consumerism. This outlook offers an interesting point of departure for analyses of social and political changes (especially those following the transition in 1989 and the symbolic politics adopted in that time) mediated by literature. Levels and contexts depicted in the article represent a range of influences, relations, borrowings, persuasion and narratives that accompanied by memory work shape social and individual identities of contemporaryPoles.

Keywords

PL

capitalism; community; simulacrum; Masłowska; history

EN

capialism; community; sumulacrum; Masłowska; history

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 329-351

Dates

published

2017-06-30

Contributors

author

Anna Gębala