CZY ZMIANA IDENTYFIKACJI? ŚLĄZACY WE WSPÓŁCZESNYM SPOŁECZEŃSTWIE POLSKIM

• Authors: Maria Szmeja

Title variants

EN

A CHANGE OF IDENTIFICATION? SILESIANS IN THE CONTEMPORARY POLISH SOCIETY

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The text comprises considerations on the changes in the national identification of Silesians after World War II. The pivotal line of argument will be based on twentieth century population statistics and corresponding politics of the German and Polish authorities. What is crucial, and what analysts fail to mention, is a constant, unaltered identification of Silesians on an ethnic level. A national identity was imposed by the policies of the countries on the territory of which Silesia was located and had a varying character. It was only in 2002 that Silesians began to term their group a nation, what caused misunderstanding and disturbance. The identification of Silesians has not changed, they just started calling their group differently. The dominant group has not yet consented to it.

Keywords

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SILESIANS; NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION; NATIONAL CENSUSES; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; HISTORY; RECALL OF THE PAST

• Publisher: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 1(147)
• Pages: 175-188

Contributors

author

Maria Szmeja

• AGH University in Kraków