Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2016

Seiten: 229-250

Zeitschrift: Teksty drugie

Bandnummer: 2016

Heftnummer: 3

ISSN: 0867-0633

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.18318/td.2016.3.13

Verlag: IBL PAN

Abstract: 
This article investigates prose by Polish migrant writers by scrutinizing depictions of low-paid work, not only in the fictional texts but also in biographical sketches about the authors in blurbs and anthologies. Uffelmann adduces sociological studies on the 'contradictory social mobility'of Polish work migrants to show that devices of social self degradation in migrant literature allude to the no-less-contradictory social situation faced by many migrant workers. His methodological approach is rooted in postcolonial theories, especially those that focus on paradoxical appropriations of identity. The main focus of the article is on 'self-proletarianization' and its function as an apotropaic twist: writers who 'proletarianize' either their protagonist(s) or themselves aim to achieve paradoxical recognition as artists.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Uffelmann, D. (2016) Autoproletaryzacja w prozie Polaków migrujących do Niemiec, Irlandii i Wielkiej Brytanii w XXI wieku, Teksty drugie, 2016(3), pp. 229-250. https://doi.org/10.18318/td.2016.3.13

APA-Zitierstil: Uffelmann, D. (2016). Autoproletaryzacja w prozie Polaków migrujących do Niemiec, Irlandii i Wielkiej Brytanii w XXI wieku. Teksty drugie. 2016(3), 229-250. https://doi.org/10.18318/td.2016.3.13