The Essential Guide To Being Polish

Anna Spysz, Marta Turek (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2013
New Europe Books (Verlag)
978-0-9850623-0-9 (ISBN)

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An indispensable reference for travelers, anyone who knows a Pole or is one, and the just plain interested

Being Polish is no joke. For the millions of people of Polish ancestry outside of Poland, 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 to Polish language, folklore and customs, there is no single, comprehensive, reader-friendly and informative reference to what it means to be Polish. Enter The Essential Guide to Being Polish - the go-to concise resource to anyone looking to reconnect with their Polish background - or anyone interested in learning more about the culture.

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 Portland, Oregon. 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 Poznań, she lives in Rokietnica, Poland.

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.)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.8.2013
Verlagsort	Clinton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	443 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Polen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-9850623-0-4 / 0985062304
ISBN-13	978-0-9850623-0-9 / 9780985062309
Zustand	Neuware