In the Middle of Nowhere. Jakuck. Słownik Miejsca by Michał Książek from Postcolonial Perspective Cover Image

"Manowce na końcu świata". "Jakuck. Słownik miejsca" Michała Książka w ujęciu postkolonialnym
In the Middle of Nowhere. Jakuck. Słownik Miejsca by Michał Książek from Postcolonial Perspective

Author(s): Justyna Pisarska
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Political history, Polish Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Yakutsk; Michał Książek; postcolonial perspective; re-location; map; mapping;

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to read a book by Michał Książek from a postcolonial perspective. It discusses such issues as the relationship of domination and subordination of the colonizer to the colonized, the phenomenon of transferring traces of Yakut culture to a place where it can safely survive, the use of the map as a tool that gives the Yakutians’ control over territories that historically belong to them. The article also comments on the accusation that its author of Jakuck carries out “metaphorical colonization.”

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 184
  • Page Range: 64-77
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish