Absent culture : the case of Polish Livonia / / Krzysztof Zajas

• Autore: Zajas Krzysztof
• Pubblicazione: Frankfurt am Main ; ; New York : , : Peter Lang Edition, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.081
• Soggetto topico: Polish people - Livonia - History
• Soggetto geografico: Livonia Civilization; Livonia History; Livonia Relations Poland; Poland Relations Livonia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-408).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction The Re-creation of a Nonexistent Land; 1. Theses on Absence; 2. Pretexts for Coming into Existence; 3. Toponymy as a Realm of Conflict; 4. Where is Polish Livonia?; Chapter 1 German History of Livonia: The Conquistador Complex; 1. "Aufsegelung Livlands" ("The Discovery of Livonia"); 2. The Livonian Brothers of the Sword; 3. The Ecclesiastical State of the Teutonic-Livonian Order; 4. The Hanseatic League; 5. The End of the Teutonic State and the Beginnings of Dependence; 6. The Baltic Identity of the Germans; 7. Kulturträger's Pride ; 8. 1914-1918: The Beginning of the End9. 1919-1939: The Great Minority; 10. 1939-1945: The War. Expulsions. The End.; 11. Life After Life. The Relic. Dying Out.; 12. Coda; Chapter 2 Polish History of Livonia:; 1. Incorporation: Voluntary Coercion; 2. Stubbornness; 3. Correction: Polish Livonia; 4. Courland and Semigallia; 5. Piltene; 6. The Livonian Voivodeship: Churches and Administrative Offices; 7. Livonians: Differentiations; 8. Microhistory: Tracts and Foundations; 9. Insurrections: Catholic (Meaning Polish?); 10. Riga and Dorpat: Change of Status ; 11. The Interwar Period: A Quiet Funeral12. The Final Years: Return; 13. Coda; Chapter 3 First Digression: Formative Historiography; 1. Between Fact and Fiction; 2. History and Existence; 3. Object and Verification; 4. Representation; 5. Closure; 6. Hermeneutics: The Aporia of Truth; 7. Tipping the Scales; Chapter 4 Project Livonia; 1. Marcin Kwiatkowski from Rożyce: Outline; 2. Jan August Hylzen: Argument; 3. Gustaw Manteuffel: Patchwork; Chapter 5 Second Digression: Borderlands. Circulation of Discourses; 1. The Elusive Borderlands; 2. Deficient Diachrony; 3. Identity as Choice and Coercion ; 4. Stubborn Regionalism5. The Kingdom of Sentiment; 6. Writing History; 7. Geopoetics; 8. Pointillism; 9. Discourses in Circulation; Chapter 6 Polish-Livonian Literature; 1. What does "Polish-Livonian" mean?; 2. Konstancja Benisławska: Modłka niepusta [Prayer Which Is Not Empty]; 3. Rubon: Pszczelnik z krajowego kwiecia [A Bouquet of Native Flowers]; 4. Adam Plater: Łajwas i zwoszczyks [Canoes and Rafts]; 5. Kazimierz Bujnicki: A Periodical Traveler; 6. Gustaw Manteuffel: A Hologram of Nationalism; 7. Picturesque: Or, The Charms of the Daugava; 8. Olga Daukszta: The Eyes of Daugava's Loam ; 9. Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: Kraslavan ExistenceConclusion The Railroad Tracks Bypassed Pasiene; Coda; Appendix Report of Research in the Latvian Academic Library and the Latvian National Library in Riga, 2005; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: The book forms a monograph of the local culture of the old Polish Livonia, practically absent in contemporary humanistic research. It includes historical and anthropological recapitulation of the phenomenon, but it also tries to describe cultural mechanisms characteristic in the so-called border situations, on a specific example. An important part of the description is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of local Polish-Livonian identity, enshrined in the literary and scientific projects of Polish Livonians. They form a misguided, unsuccessful representation the land in the discourse of Polis
• Titolo autorizzato: Absent culture
• ISBN: 3-653-03242-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910886983103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Polish studies, transdisciplinary perspectives ; ; v. 4.