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Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture

Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Danusha V. GoskaSeries:Jews of PolandPublish date:2010-07-01Pages:344
Language:EnglishPublisher:Academic Studies PressISBN-13:9781936235155ISBN-10:1936235153UPC:9781936235155Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Eastern Europe, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCSY1WHGFV
In this study, Goska exposes one stereotype of Poles and other Eastern Europeans. In the "Bieganski" stereotype, Poles exhibit the qualities of animals. They are strong, stupid, violent, fertile, anarchic, dirty, and especially hateful in a way that more evolved humans are not. Their special hatefulness is epitomized by Polish anti- Semitism. Bieganski discovers this stereotype in the mainstream press, in scholarship and film, in Jews' self-definition, and in responses to the Holocaust. Bieganski's twin is Shylock, the stereotype of the crafty, physically inadequate, moneyed Jew. The final chapters of the book are devoted to interviews with American Jews, which reveal that Bieganski-and Shylock-are both alive and well among those who have little knowledge of Poles or Poland.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Academic Studies PressISBN-13:9781936235155ISBN-10:1936235153UPC:9781936235155Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Eastern Europe, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCSY1WHGFV
Danusha V. Goska (Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington) is an experienced teacher and award-winning writer of numerous articles, essays and fiction in Polish Studies.
Publisher: Academic Studies Press

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