| Being Goral: Identity Politics and Globalization in Postsocialist Poland Contributor(s): Schneider, Deborah Cahalen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791466566 ISBN-13: 9780791466568 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2006 Annotation: Examines the GC3al, a little-studied ethnic group in Poland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Series: Suny Series in National Identities |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.08" W x 9.02" (0.69 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| 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. |
