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Doświadczenie biograficzne życia w dwóch kulturach. Studium biograficzne przypadku
Biographical Experience of Living in Two Cultures. Biographical Case Study

Author(s): Joanna Wygnańska
Subject(s): Social differentiation, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Migration Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Łódzki - Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny
Keywords: Biographical Analysis; Constructing Identity; Migration; Marginal Condition; Cultural Production;

Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on the case study concerning the person biographically experiencing living in two cultures, in that process formed by living and bringing up in two countries, as a result of the migration of parents from the People’s Republic of Poland to the United States at the beginning of the 80-s. The analysis oscillates here between an attempt to write down this narration into the reflectiveness close to the concept of marginal man and the issue of seeking, defining, constructing, and reconstructing the narrator’s identity. The text also aims to provide further insight into the complex issues migrants’ identity.

  • Issue Year: XII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 168-190
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish