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Summary/Abstract: Ewa Partyga’s Wiek XIX. Przedstawienia and some items from book series published by The Zbigniew Raszewski Institute serve as a basis of reflection on the author’s strategies which can be adopted by a historian of cultural spectacles (including theatre) who has the tools of postmodern humanities at his disposal. The aforementioned strategies, for instance a subjective choice of examined areas and of examples used to support argumentation, as well as an interdisciplinary and performative approach lead to a refreshing view on the history of theatre. Ewa Partyga’s work illustrates the positive outcomes of this choice. A sociological examination of chosen phenomenon enables valuable analysis of both emancipatory process and conservative attitude which marked Polish culture in 19th century. Contrarily, adopting this subjective method runs the risk of establishing discursive history and of an instrumentalist approach towards it.

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