Independence Day
Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 September 2012
- ISBN 9780199658817
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 241x162x18 mm
- Weight 480 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A discussion of how modern Poland was created by the application and manipulation of myths about its past, and the symbols that represented them.
MoreLong description:
The 11th of November 1918, Polish Independence Day, is a curious anniversary whose commemoration has been only intermittently observed in the last century. In fact, the day -- and the several symbols that rightly or wrongly have become associated with it -- has a rather convoluted history, filled with tradition and myth, which deserves attention.
Independence Day is more than just the history of a day, or the evolution of its celebration, but an explanation of what meaning has come to be associated with that date. It offers a re-reading of Polish history, not by a series of dates, but through a series of symbols whose combination allows the Poles to understand who they are by what they have been. Its focus is on the era 1914-2008, and the central actor is the charismatic Jozef Pilsudski. He came to represent a disposition regarding the meaning of Polish history which eventually penetrated virtually all of modern Polish society. The work is constructed by the analysis of memoirs, documents, coins, stamps, films, maps, monuments, and many other features making it a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional volume.
an original and meticulous account
Table of Contents:
Preface: Independence Day: A Conflicted History
Introduction: The Myths and Symbols of Independence Day
Discovering Independence Day
1918-1926: Contesting a National Myth
1926-1935: Formalization of a Discourse
Independence Day and the Celebration of Pilsudski's Legend, 1935-1939
Maintaining a Pilsudskiite Independence Day, 1939-1945
Independence Day as Symbol of Protest
The Party in Ideological Chaos
Since 1989: The Function of Independence Day in the 3rd Republic
Conclusions
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