A town at an inconspicuous river − Białystok and the Biała River Cover Image

Miasto nad niepozorną rzeką – Białystok i Biała
A town at an inconspicuous river − Białystok and the Biała River

Author(s): Katarzyna Sawicka-Mierzyńska
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: pamięć; geografia wyobrażona; polityka miejsca; literatura Podlasia; memory; imaginative geography; politics of site; Podlasie literature

Summary/Abstract: The article contains an interpretation of images of the Biała river in the Podlasie literature of the twentieth and twenty-first century in the context of imaginative geography and various forms of memory defined by Aleida Assmann. The analysis is based on texts written by Poles, Jews, and Belarusians living in Białystok. The article also shows the “politics of site” pursued by the city government in relation to the Biała river.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 5 (8)
  • Page Range: 377-392
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish