Authors:Ewa Mazierska, Elzbieta Ostrowska,
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: cinema, polish, women
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2006-03
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1571819487
ISBN-13: 9781571819482

Polish film has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation but its best known protagonists tend to be male. This book points to the important role of women as key characters in Polish films, such as the enduring female figure in Polish culture, the "Polish Mother," female characters in socialist realistic cinema, women depicted in the films of the Polish School, Solidarity heroines, and women in the films from the postcommunist period. Not less important for the success of Polish cinema are Polish women filmmakers, four of whom are presented in this volume: Wanda Jakubowska, Agnieszka Holland, Bar

Author: Wanda Ostrowska Kaufmann
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Keywords: literature, wisdom, anthropology
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1996-09-30
List price: $110.95
ISBN-10: 0897894723
ISBN-13: 9780897894722

This unusual book examines definitions of the fable, apologue, parable, moral tale, etc. It then proposes the use of the term exemplum, used by medieval scribes, to define all types of wisdom narratives. It makes a cross-cultural structural analysis of the exemplum and identifies its tripartite structure composed of the promythium, the nucleus, and the epimythium. The book ends with an analysis of the reasons why grown men spent so much time writing and collecting these tales. It demonstrates that fables and related genres were not really meant for little children to learn moral lessons. They

Authors:Dorota Ostrowska, Graham Roberts,
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Keywords: television, cinemas, european
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0748623094
ISBN-13: 9780748623099

Graham Roberts and Dorota Ostrowska radically rethink European cinema’s post-war history from the perspective of television’s impact on the culture of cinema’s production, distribution, consumption, and reception. In every European country television has transformed the economic, technological, and aesthetic terms of cinema production. Its growing popularity has drastically reshaped cinema’s audiences and forced governments to introduce policies to regulate the interaction between cinema and television. Cinematic criticism has been slow to address the impact of televisi

Author: Elzbieta Tabakowska
Publisher: G. Narr
Keywords: language, performance, translation, poetics, linguistics, cognitive
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 1993
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 3823340786
ISBN-13: 9783823340782

Author: Elzbieta H. Oleksy
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: gender, research, society, routledge, sexualities, citizenships, intimate, politics
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2009-02-18
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0415990769
ISBN-13: 9780415990769

This volume responds to the need to extend the theory of citizenship, in order to bridge the gap between the public and the private sphere. Through the application of intersectional methodology, the authors document how people’s most private decisions and practices are intertwined with public institutions and state policies. The stories of intimate citizenship included in this volume make the theoretical discussion more palpable. Situated perspectives, as well as application of theoretical concepts to lived experience, extend citizenship’s territory beyond the conventional public sphere a

Authors:Elzbieta Baumgartner, Danuta Marciszek,
Publisher: Polpress
Keywords: usa, kraju, polish, wracajacego, seniora, reemigranta, polsce, podrecznik, emerytura
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 2009-02-26
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0977045374
ISBN-13: 9780977045372

Only this book contains information necessary for seniors going back to Poland. Topics include: How to beef-up your assets to make up for the lost time. How to make sure you qualify for Social Security benefits. How the move abroad impacts your Social Security benefits, IRA, 401(k), and other retirement plans. Where to leave your money? The price of lack of citizenship. Financial transactions across Atlantic. Retirement programs, health insurance, public assistance, housing in Poland and much more. Tylko w tej ksiazce dowiesz sie co trzeba wiedziec przed przeniesieniem sie na emeryture do P

Authors:Alfred F. Majewicz, Bronisaw Pisudski, Elzbieta Maje
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Keywords: folklore, language, trends, linguistics, documentation, ainu, study, works, bronislaw, pitsudski, materials, collected
Number of Pages: 913
Published: 2004-12-30
List price: $447.00
ISBN-10: 3110176149
ISBN-13: 9783110176148

Volume 3 is devoted exclusively to B. Pilsudski’s Ainu-related materials, for their most part previously unpublished. In addition, it comprises Pilsudski’s research reports on his expeditions, a superb collection of fifty prayers in Ainu as well as texts and melodies recovered from Pilsudski’s famous wax-cylinder recordings of Ainu-folklore of 1902-1903. The bibliographies printed in volume 1 are extensively enhanced. Abundant illustrative material is included.