Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands

This article deals with the influence of American Westerns on the work of the Polish film directors who chose to adapt the language of the film Western to construct their narrations about Poland’s postwar borderlands, including the so-called Recovered Territories and the Bieszczady region. The analy...

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Main Author: Piotr Skurowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2019-01-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/13595
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description This article deals with the influence of American Westerns on the work of the Polish film directors who chose to adapt the language of the film Western to construct their narrations about Poland’s postwar borderlands, including the so-called Recovered Territories and the Bieszczady region. The analysis of selected films draws on the ideological and cultural context of film- and myth-making in Poland, and points to the larger patterns of domesticating the American mass culture repertoire in Europe.
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Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands
European Journal of American Studies
Western films
borderlands
cultural adaptations
Polish film
Recovered Territories
Bieszczady
title Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands
title_full Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands
title_fullStr Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands
title_full_unstemmed Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands
title_short Dances with Westerns in Poland’s Borderlands
title_sort dances with westerns in poland s borderlands
topic Western films
borderlands
cultural adaptations
Polish film
Recovered Territories
Bieszczady
url https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/13595
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