Anna Spysz, Marta Turek

The Essential Guide to Being Polish (eBook, ePUB)

50 Facts & Facets of Nationhood

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Being Polish is no joke. For ten million people of Polish ancestry in the United States, as well as many who have settled in the UK since the fall of communism, it is a heartfelt matter -- and amid all the travel guides and guides to Polish language, folklore, and customs, there is no single, comprehensive, reader-friendly and yet ever-informative reference on what it means to be Polish. Enter The Essential Guide to Being Polish -- the go-to concise resource for anyone looking to reconnect with their culture or, indeed, hoping that their friends, children, or colleagues learn something about their heritage.

Divided into three sections to make for an easy-to-follow format -- Poland in Context, Poles in Poland, and Poles Abroad -- this guide covers just about everything and does so in a style that is at once entertaining and informative: the country's history and geography, wars, Jews in Poland, the communist past, the post-communist past and present, language, kings and queens, religion/Catholicism (with special focus on Pope John Paul II), holidays, food, and drink. What is a real Polish wedding all about? That, too, is addressed succinctly and with flair in this guide. Other chapters cover literature, music, art, famous scientists, Polish men and Polish women, Poles in America, Poles in the UK, Poles and the EU, and last but not least, Polish pride.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Europe Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780985062316
• Artikelnr.: 40804256

Autorenporträt

Anna Spysz, who is both the coauthor and the book's editor, is the former editor-in-chief of the Krakow Post (May 2008-December 2010), Poland's only English-language newspaper. A Polish-born American, she graduated in 2004 from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in English and subsequently moved to Krakow, Poland, where she earned an MA in Central and Eastern European Studies from Jagiellonian University. She currently lives in Krakow (except for the winters), where in addition to working as a freelance writer and translator, she dabbles in photography, graphic design, and plays keyboards in a local band. Her website is www.annaspysz.com.

Marta Turek moved from Poland to the United States as child with her parents, settling first in Chicago and, later, in Seattle. In 1993 she moved back to Poland, where she has been ever since. She has edited English-language texts and taught English as a second language for the past decade on both sides of the Atlantic. Her employers have ranged from ELS Language Centers in Seattle to schools, international companies, and universities in Poland. The holder of an MA in English linguistics from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, she lives in Rokietnica, Poland.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Poland in Context (Geography
Nature
History
Neighbors
Wars
Jews
Communism
Post-communism
Capital city
Language
Legends
Monarchs
Religion
Holidays
Business/Industry.) Part 2: Poles in Poland (Mentality
Home life
Food
Drink
Hospitality
Family
Schools
Names
Shopping
Superstitions
Weddings
Folk traditions
Highlanders
Health
Writers & Poets
Artists
Composers
Music
Film
Cabarate
Scientists
Sports
Men
Women.) Part 3: Poles Abroad (Exile & Emigration
Nationhood
UK
Europe
The Americas
Arts in Emigration
Protest
EU
Vacation
National Pride.)