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MOTYWACJE NOSZENIA ODZIEŻY PATRIOTYCZNEJ PRZEZ MŁODYCH POLAKÓW I POLKI
MOTIVATIONS FOR WEARING PATRIOTIC CLOTHING BY YOUNG POLES

Author(s): Jowita Baran
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: patriotic streetwear; patriotic clothing; banal nationalism; qualitative research; young Poles

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the results of qualitative research, which the main purpose was to cognize the motiva- tion of wearing patriotic clothing by young Poles, both men and women. The author search for an answer to the question: why patriotic clothing users choose these special clothes. Meaning of clothes that respondents attribute to these special clothing was also present. In the analytical part respondent’s motivations of wearing clothes have been recognized as an indicator of hot or cold nationalism in the understanding of Michael Bill- ing’s banal nationalism theory. Further, the theoretical basis is the theory of late modernity by Anthony Giddens and description of globalization processes.

  • Issue Year: 19/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-70
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish