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Biografia transgraniczna. Migracje jako problem tożsamości w polskim wieku XIX
Transborder biography. Migrations as a problem of identity in the Polish 19th century

Author(s): Elżbieta Dąbrowicz
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: identity; ‘transborder biography’; migration; borders; roots

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the phenomenon of Poles’ nineteenth-century migrations documented in broadly understood literature in the biographical perspective. The proposed term transborder biography refers to the experience connected with the recurrence of crossing the borders (political, social, environmental, cultural) and attempts at putting down roots in new conditions forced by circumstances (political, social, economic).

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 61-75
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish