Class and Cultural Narratives. The Upper Silesia Case

Paweł Ćwikła, Monika Gnieciak, Kazimiera Wódz

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Ćwikła, Paweł; Gnieciak, Monika; Wódz, Kazimiera. Class and Cultural Narratives. The Upper Silesia Case. Red. . : Uniwersytet Śląski, 2019, 122 s. ISBN 978-83-226-3526-1

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identity, sociology, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Wydawnictwo UŚ, Upper Silesia, sociology of literature, Paweł Ćwikła, Monika Gnieciak, Kazimiera Wódz, Class and Cultural Narratives

The emphasis of this book is on understanding local identities through the representations produced and disseminated by local people, residents of working class estates placed in Upper Silesia, captured in the regional literature. Presented analys...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-226-3526-1

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Uniwersytet Śląski

Rok wydania:

2019

Liczba stron:

122

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Table of ContentsIntroductionThe social world of Upper Silesia7
Silesian identity and its representations11
Working-class culture through structures of feeling13
Class theory in Williams’s and Bourdieu’s writing20
Representations of Silesia in literature27
Kazimierz Kutz’s Writings about SilesiaWhat does Jan Basista do?35
(Re)constructed truth39
Silesian ideal45
Wake up!50
A patriarchal matriarchy53
Wretched mentality58
The Case of Stefan SzymutkoSilesian sociological banality80
Maine Road and “unfortunate socialisation”86
Silesia as form97
Epilogue105
References113

TesocialworldofUpperSilesia

deviationfromtheestablishedframeworkofcommunitylife(Wódz,

Gnieciak,2014).IntheafermathofthisprocesstheSilesiarootedin

traditionceasedtoexistanditssocialimageunderwentadramatic

change.Teprocessofreproductionandcreationofanaxionorma-

tivesystem-asetofprofessed,experiencedandpractisedvaluesas

wellastheirexpressivenormsandrulesofpracticalbehavioursand

actions-hasbeenrelaxed.Accordingly,itbecamemoreimportant

forresearcherstobelookingforsometracesoftherepresentation

ofSilesianspecifcityinpopularcultureartefacts.Allthemorethat

theendofthePolishPeople’sRepublicin1989didnotmanifestit-

selfonlyintraumaticeconomicrestructuringasalsosimultaneously

ledtotheempowermentofnationalminorities,ethnicgroupsand

provincialcommunities(Browarny,2012,http://www.polska-niem-

cy-interakcje.pl).Tesystemtransformationwasaccompaniedby

aprocessofreviewingthecollectivememory,beingthusfarselec-

tiveorideologicallydistorted.WorksbySilesianwritersthatwere

createdduringthatperiodoftimeconstituteanintegralelementof

theprocess.Bymeansofautobiographies,familystoriesandregional

novels,thestoryofSilesiawasretold,constructedoutofavarietyof

memoriesandpersonalnarratives.Teregion’shistoryhasbecome

aprivate,familialhistory,areportontheneighbours’fate,thetra-

jectoryofdevelopmentanddownfallofcommunities,settlements,

towns(Uniłowski,2001).

InthisverybookwedealwiththeidentityofUpperSilesiaandof

theSilesians,trackingthetracesoftheirpresenceinliterature,which

duetotheauthors’ageandoutputreferstotheSilesianrealityasseen

fromtheperspectiveofthe1990s.Tewriters’memoriesinevitably

stemfromtherealityofthePolishPeople’sRepublic,anditisthrough

thelensofthaterathatwewillbefollowingthetransformations

ofSilesianstructuresoffeelingcapturedintheregionalliterature.

Regionalasitisrootedinthatpartoftheworld,butalsoglobal(or

putmorenarrowly:national)duetotheauthors’talentandawide

culturalperspectivefeaturingtheirwritings.Tenovels/thewriters’

memoriesconstituteaparticulartypeofthesocialrepresentations

ofUpperSilesia,therepresentationswhichbelongtoacommunity

withinwhichtheyarecreatedtoagreaterextentthantoanindividual.

Teirnatureconsistsinongoingreproduction,redefnition,constant

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