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Wędrówki i metamorfozy Dziadka do Orzechów
Wanderings and Metamorphoses of the Nutcracker

Author(s): Joanna Śmigielska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Sociology of Art
Published by: Instytut Stosowanych Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: nutcracker; object; fairy tale; rites of passage;

Summary/Abstract: The text presents a biography, a kind resume, of of an object that began its existence as a tool for shelling nuts, while today, as it turned out during the art project, it has also found its place in the pantheon of Buddhist saints. The article is about the nutcracker and how its functions, roles, and forms have changed, and concludes with a reviews of this object’s social genealogies and its new incarnations in social reality.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 34 (2)
  • Page Range: 213-224
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish