Published: 2020-07-14

In Holland There is a House. The Representation of Polish Immigrants in Con-temporary Dutch Film

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Abstract

This article looks into the representation of Polish immigrants in contemporary Dutch film, with a particular focus on the prominent role of domestic settings and familial dysfunctions in the pictures involved. As the analysis reveals, many of the films under discussion bring into view troubled Dutch protagonists (especially men) who suffer from degradation in the familial and social sphere. The Polish characters in turn tend to be instrumentalized as (potential) agents of change (or rather “restoration”), taking up traditional familial and domestic roles that are no longer fulfilled by Dutch characters.

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Van Heuckelom, K. (2020). In Holland There is a House. The Representation of Polish Immigrants in Con-temporary Dutch Film. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 24(2), 131–156. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/PPol/article/view/9426

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2019)
Published: 2020-07-14


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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