Icelandic chapter in the Polish book: a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland
Icelandic chapter in the Polish book: a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland
Author(s): Helga Ólafs, Anna WojtyńskaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Oral history, Social history
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: Iceland;Poland;Polish migration;oral history;lifestory
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Ice¬land based on one example of a woman, called Irena. Her biography served for an anthropological analysis used in biographical approach in social sciences with the assumption that the story of one life of a particular person can give some general knowledge – in this case about migration patterns and experiences. The story of Irena presented in this article is also an interesting exam¬ple of the narrative journalism, since the biography is presented like a non-fiction essay, written by a journalist who accompanied Irena for several months during her stay in Iceland and was actually a part of her migration experience.
Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 101-119
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English