“A Pole Is a Selfless Host”. Old Polish
Hospitality, or a Post-Partition Phantasm* Cover Image

“A Pole Is a Selfless Host”. Old Polish Hospitality, or a Post-Partition Phantasm*
“A Pole Is a Selfless Host”. Old Polish Hospitality, or a Post-Partition Phantasm*

Author(s): Dariusz Śnieżko
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: hospitality; Sarmatism; Romanticism; phantasm

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the image of Old Polish hospitality in the version presented by Polish writers of Post-Partition era. The analysis conducted uses the categories of myth, stereotype and phantasm. In the conclusion, the material is interpreted in the supernatural, ethical, aesthetic and political order.

  • Issue Year: 69/2026
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 15-27
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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