Reshaping Poland's community after Communism : ordinary celebrations / Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chmielewska-Szlajfer, Helena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poland--Social life and customs--1989-.

Poland.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

"Harnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy towards others, and civic activity in post-Communist Poland in the light of Western influence over elements of Polish life. Reshaping Poland's Community after Communism focuses on three major cases, largely ignored in Polish scholarship: (1) a hugely popular, faux-baroque Catholic shrine, which illustrates new strategies adopted by the Polish Catholic Church to attract believers; (2) Woodstock Station, a widely known free charity music festival, demonstrating new practices of sympathy towards strangers; and (3) the emergence of national internet pro-voting campaigns and small-town watchdog websites, which uncover changes in practical uses of civic engagement. In exploring grass-roots, everyday negotiations of religiosity, charity, and civic engagement in contemporary Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer demonstrates how a country?s cultural changes can suggest wider, dramatic democratic transformation."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319787343

3319787349

OCLC:

1027196462