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Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American
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- Condition
- Pages
- 344
- Publication Date
- 2010-07-01
- ISBN
- 9781936235155
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Series
- Jews of Poland Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Bieganski : the Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 57.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 344 Pages
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In this study, Goska exposes one stereotype of Poles and other Eastern Europeans. In the "Bieganski" stereotype, Poles exhibit the qualities of animals. They are strong, stupid, violent, fertile, anarchic, dirty, and especially hateful in a way that more evolved humans are not. Their special hatefulness is epitomized by Polish anti-Semitism. Bieganski discovers this stereotype in the mainstream press, in scholarship and film, in Jews' self-definition, and in responses to the Holocaust. Bieganski's twin is Shylock, the stereotype of the crafty, physically inadequate, moneyed Jew. The final chapters of the book are devoted to interviews with American Jews, which reveal that Bieganski--and Shylock--are both alive and well among those who have little knowledge of Poles or Poland.
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Publisher
Academic Studies Press
ISBN-10
1936235153
ISBN-13
9781936235155
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102883244
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Bieganski : the Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Series
Jews of Poland Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
57.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds146.P6g67 2010
Reviews
"Bieganski is a truly important book because it challenges and demolishes the widely held belief that Poles are nothing more than ignorant and brutish anti-Semites who played a central role in causing the Holocaust. Goska does a first-rate job of describing how Jews and Poles really interacted with each other over their rich history together. Let's hope that this book is widely read and helps change the conventional wisdom about Polish-Jewish relations."-- John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, "Danusha Goska's daring and far-reaching study examines the sources and prevalence of stereotyped images of Poles as brutal, subhuman creatures. Drawing on her extensive research in history, popular culture, and folklore, and also on interviews of Poles and Jews in America today, interviews of both stereotypers and victims of stereotyping, she teaches us all something profound about how the image of the Polak originated and why it continues to flourish." --John Guzlowski, author of The Third Winter of War: Buchenwald and Lightening and Ashes, Goska shows that negative Polish stereotypes, unlike negative stereotypes of other national, racial, and ethnic groups, continue to be acceptable...Goska does an admirable job showing negative Polish stereotypes...Other writers must force open widely the door Goska has opened., "Stereotypes of Poles have been commonplace in Western society. Danusha V. Goska presents a comprehensive overview of such images in a balanced fashion. She offers no apologetic for genuine instance of Polish anti-Semitism. But she also exposes those rooted in outright prejudice with no foundation in fact. An important contribution to improved Polish-Jewish understanding."-- John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D., professor of Social Ethics, Director, Catholic-Jewish Studies Program Catholic Theological Union Chicago, "A powerful, provocative, ultimately profound work of scholarship regarding the stereotypification of Poles and its implications not only for Polish-Jewish relations in the Old World and the New, but also for anyone wishing to fathom the interworkings of class and ethnicity in an America that has all too often fallen short of its promise."-- James P. Leary, folklorist, University of Wisconsin, "Stereotypes of Poles have been commonplace in Western society. Danusha V. Goska presents a comprehensive overview of such images in a balanced fashion. She offers no apologetic for genuine instance of Polish anti-Semitism. But she also exposes those rooted in outright prejudice with no foundation in fact. An important contribution to improved Polish-Jewish understanding." -- John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D., professor of Social Ethics, Director, Catholic-Jewish Studies Program Catholic Theological Union Chicago, "In this most important work, Dr. Goska's style incorporates those necessary ingredients that justify writing as an art form: her grammar is impeccable, even while the pathways of her sentences can be unpredictable. Her imagery is robust, but yet it never gets in the way of the underlying premises of her arguments. Moreover, her thinking is crisp, and her knowledge of this very sensitive topic is thoroughly evident. Indeed, the reader cannot help but be persuaded by the logical unfolding of the positions she brings to this necessary work. Above all, she establishes that all-important trust in her readers: that while she may jostle their previously-held constructs, she will also protect them on a literary journey that could be harrowing and dangerous in lesser hands." -- Dr. Michael Herzbrun, Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El, Rochester, NY, "Danusha Goska's daring and far-reaching study examines the sources and prevalence of stereotyped images of Poles as brutal, subhuman creatures. Drawing on her extensive research in history, popular culture, and folklore, and also on interviews of Poles and Jews in America today, interviews of both stereotypers and victims of stereotyping, she teaches us all something profound about how the image of the Polak originated and why it continues to flourish."John Guzlowski, author of "The Third Winter of War: Buchenwald" and "Lightening and Ashes", "Bieganski is a truly important book because it challenges and demolishes the widely held belief that Poles are nothing more than ignorant and brutish anti-Semites who played a central role in causing the Holocaust. Goska does a first-rate job of describing how Jews and Poles really interacted with each other over their rich history together. Let's hope that this book is widely read and helps change the conventional wisdom about Polish-Jewish relations." -- John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, "A powerful, provocative, ultimately profound work of scholarship regarding the stereotypification of Poles and its implications not only for Polish-Jewish relations in the Old World and the New, but also for anyone wishing to fathom the interworkings of class and ethnicity in an America that has all too often fallen short of its promise." -- James P. Leary, folklorist, University of Wisconsin, "In this most important work, Dr. Goska's style incorporates those necessary ingredients that justify writing as an art form: her grammar is impeccable, even while the pathways of her sentences can be unpredictable. Her imagery is robust, but yet it never gets in the way of the underlying premises of her arguments. Moreover, her thinking is crisp, and her knowledge of this very sensitive topic is thoroughly evident. Indeed, the reader cannot help but be persuaded by the logical unfolding of the positions she brings to this necessary work.Above all, she establishes that all-important trust in her readers: that while she may jostle their previously-held constructs, she will also protect them on a literary journey that could be harrowing and dangerous in lesser hands."-- Dr. Michael Herzbrun, Rabbi Temple Emanu-El, Rochester, NY
Table of Content
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1: Bieganski Lives. Chapter 2: Bieganski in the Press. Chapter 3: Bieganski Takes Root in America. Chapter 4: Bieganski in American Cinema. Chapter 5: Bieganski as a Support for Jewish Identity. Chapter 6: The Peasant and Middleman Minority Theory. Chapter 7: The Necessity of Bieganski: A Shamed and Horrified World Seeks a Scapegoat. Chapter 8: Interviews. Chapter 9: Bieganski Lives - Next Door to Shylock. Chapter 10: Final Thoughts . References Cited. Index.
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Ethnic Studies / General, Discrimination & Race Relations, Popular Culture, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social Psychology, Jewish, Jewish Studies
Lccn
2010-021775
Dewey Decimal
305.891/85
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Psychology, History, Social Science
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