In this article I describe contemporary processes of marking identity in the context of the phenomenon and concept of “lans”. The text consist of four parts. Part One, I describe changes that have taken place in recent centuries and their consequences for identity nowadays. In the second part I outline the characteristic of lans, paying attention to its potential in explanation sign-functions. Part Three contains the main conclusions of the semiological analysis of lans. In the final part I summarise the article.
On the basis of memoirs sent to the “Lives of the Unemployed” competition in 1938 the author describes the lifestyles of the unemployed inhabitants of interwar Poland. He uses qualitative textual analysis and Andrzej Siciński’s concept of homo eligens. The article is divided into three parts. In the first, the author sets forth the theoretical background and departure point of his analysis. In the second he describes specific components of the lifestyles of the unemployed on the basis of their memoirs. In the third part, he draws conclusions and proposes a classification for the lifestyles of the unemployed in Poland in 1938.
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