Taking Liberties: Gender, Transgressive Patriotism, and Polish Drama, 1786-1989

Filipowicz, Halina

ISBN 10: 082142114X / ISBN 13: 9780821421147

Published by OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS 2015-01, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Taking Liberties: Gender, Transgressive Patriotism, and Polish Drama, 1786-1989
• Publisher: OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS 2015-01
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082142114X
• ISBN 13: 9780821421147
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As narrow, nationalist views of patriotic allegiance have become widespread and are routinely invoked to justify everything from flag-waving triumphalism to xenophobic bigotry, the concept of a nonnationalist patriotism has vanished from public conversation. Taking Liberties is a study of what may be called patriotism without borders: a nonnational form of loyalty compatible with the universal principles and practices of democracy and human rights, respectful of ethnic and cultural diversity, and, overall, open-minded and inclusive.

Moving beyond a traditional study of Polish dramatic literature, Halina Filipowicz turns to the plays themselves and to archival materials, ranging from parliamentary speeches to polemical pamphlets and verse broadsides, to explore the cultural phenomenon of transgressive patriotism and its implications for society in the twenty-first century.

In addition to recovering lost or forgotten materials, the author builds an innovative conceptual and methodological framework to make sense of those materials. The result is not only a significant contribution to the debate over the meaning and practice of patriotism, but a masterful intellectual history.

About the Author

Halina Filipowicz is a professor of Polish literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies. She is the author of A Laboratory of Impure Forms: The Plays of Tadeusz Różewicz and coeditor of The Great Tradition and Its Legacy: The Evolution of Dramatic and Musical Theater in Austria and Central Europe.