| Being Goral: Identity Politics and Globalization in Postsocialist Poland Contributor(s): Schneider, Deborah Cahalen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791466558 ISBN-13: 9780791466551 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 305.509 |
| LCCN: 2005007997 |
| Series: Suny Series in National Identities |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.14" W x 9.32" (0.94 lbs) 211 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The G ral ethnic identity has been at the center of political machinations in Poland for centuries. The late Pope John Paul II, for example, was a G ral. This is the first book-length study of the G ral identity and one of the few studies in English to discuss G rals. Through personal interviews, local manuscripts, and academic histories of the region, author Deborah Cahalen Schneider shows how important the G ral identity has been to Poland's history. The conflict over the G ral identity in the community of Z ywiec, Poland serves as a lens through which Schneider views national identity issues and class conflict in Poland at large. The G ral identity not only gave this community a sense of togetherness under the Habsburg Empire, but also was a symbol of Polish identity for Polish nationalists during that time. Schneider shows how the G ral identity has spanned the rise and, arguably, the fall of nationalism as the primary discourse of political identity in the post-Cold War, European Union-dominated Eastern Europe. |
