“Not so much reportage as confession of love” – about the tendency to idealize Georgian culture in contemporary Polish travel reportage Cover Image

„Nie tyle reportaż, ile wyznanie miłości” – o tendencji do idealizowania kultury gruzińskiej we współczesnym polskim reportażu podróżniczym
“Not so much reportage as confession of love” – about the tendency to idealize Georgian culture in contemporary Polish travel reportage

Author(s): Iwona Massaka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Other Language Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: travel reportage; Georgian culture; idealization; russification

Summary/Abstract: “Not so much reportage as confession of love” – about the tendency to idealize Georgian culture in contemporary Polish travel reportage After 2008, Georgian culture has become the subject of many Polish travel reportages. It is idealized, resulting from the need to reproduce the myth of Polish­Georgian friendship. This myth arose from Russophobia existing in Poland and Georgia. Two of the three narratives studied are strongly Russophobic. The analysis of the content of the reports was carried out in reference to the model of cultural differences by G. Hofstede.

  • Issue Year: 4/2019
  • Issue No: XXIV
  • Page Range: 141-154
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish