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New Londoners Immigration Narratives in Contemporary Polish Culture. Kris Van Heuckelom K.U.Leuven kris @vanheuckelom.be. A Polish emigrant boarding the 'General Grant' ( 1907, Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images ). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Poles on Film (De)stereotyping Polish Labor Migration in Contemporary European Cinema
New Londoners
Immigration Narratives in Contemporary Polish CultureKris Van [email protected]
A Polish emigrant boarding the 'General Grant' (1907, Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Adam Mickiewicz, The Books of the Polish Nation and the Polish Pilgrimage (Paris 1832)3
Manuela Gretkowska, We Are Immigrants Here & Paris Tarot (Warsaw 1991 & 1993)
Londoners, Polish Public Television (TVP 1), 2008-2009 (2 seasons, 29 episodes)Mazierska 2009Polish migration to the UK in the 'new' European Union: after 2004
(in K. Burrell (ed.), Polish migration to the UK in the 'new' European Union: after 2004)
Mazierska 2009Polish migration to the UK in the 'new' European Union: after 2004
they [Polish films] treat an emigrant as an anomaly from the norm and a problem for which somebody is to blame (p. 123) Polish emigrants are rarely featured in films produced in other countries (p. 109)UK 1982dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
The Grass Is Greener Everywhere ElseBRD 1989dir. Michael Klier
The IllegalFrance 1994dir. Jean-Louis Bertucelli
Ant StreetAustria 1995dir. Michael Glawogger
The Ballad of the Windscreen WashersItaly 1998dir. Peter Del MonteThe Polish BrideThe Netherlands 1998dir. Karim TradiayAustria 2003dir. Ruth Mader
yFour Weeks in June
Sweden 2004dir. Henry MeyerUK 2007dir. Ken LoachUK 2007dir. Dominic Lees
UK 2008dir. Shane Meadows
Strong identification of labor migration and Polish ethnicity
Labor migrants are (often) Poles
Poles are (often) labor migrantsTwo categories
The action takes place
1. during communism
2. after the fall of communismFirst category
1. Polish main characters
2. Rare & unpleasant contacts with locals
3. Tragic elementsMoonlighting
Second category
1. Polish & local main characters
2. Interethnic love story
3. The newcomer helps the locals and solves their problems
postmodern migrant
political emigrant
Exile vs. Gastarbeiter
Andrzej
Andrzejs future father-in-law
Polska vs. Obczyzna
Nina
Interethnic romances & marriagesSeason 1, final episode(engagement of Darek & Mariola)
Season 2, final episode(wedding of Darek & Mariola)
Season 2, final episode(wedding of Andrzej & Asia)
Polish couples in Londyczycy
Nina
Pawe defends Polish interests
Andrzej the Polish problem solver
New Londoners
Immigration Narratives in Contemporary Polish CultureKris Van [email protected]