Modernizing Localities in Poland - A Never-Ending Transformation

This book investigates modern cultural traditions and their transformations in Poland. Designed as a series of case studies analyzing music festivals, city parades, rural rituals, and contemporary bachelorette parties, this volume creates a rich panorama of Poland's cultural, social, and political transformations.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Modernizing Localities in Poland: A Never-ending Transformation
Chapter 1: State Ideologies and Community Values: Post-war Poland in the Mirror of Festivals
Chapter 2: From "Commercial Sellout" to Community-based Event: The Paradoxes of Polish Punk Rock Music Festivals
Chapter 3: Punk Rock Beyond the Center: Critical Geography of Art
Chapter 4: Creating a Public Sphere Through a Celebration: The Case of the St. Martin's Parade
Chapter 5: Laughter, Fear, and Rural Feminization: Contemporary Carnival Shrovetide in the Polish Countryside
Chapter 6: A Wreath from a Sex Shop: Bachelorette Parties
Chapter 7: Peasanthood as Long-term Structure
Chapter 8: "How Poland Entered Europe:" The Motorway as a Space of Neoliberalism
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Waldemar Kuligowski is professor at the Department of Anthropology and Ethnology at Adam Mickiewicz University.

Product details

• Authors: Waldemar Kuligowski
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2024
• EAN: 9781666950458
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-045-8
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Cultural studies: customs & traditions