Published: 2020-12-16

Polish Cabaret – Tradition and Contemporaneity

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Abstract

Polish cabaret, while being inspired by European ancestors, has been evolving over years. It served many purposes, searched for new means of expression. The article presents significant stages of its evolution, which serves as the main context for describing the expansion of contemporary types of cabaret that have been developed under the influence of new media and culture that concentrates on entertainment. Rich cabaret life and significant presence of cabaret programs on TV provokes question concerning the identity of cabaret. An answer to such question enables understanding the reasons of its attractiveness and its presence in different means of popular culture.

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Fox, D. (2020). Polish Cabaret – Tradition and Contemporaneity. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 8(2), 123–141. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/PPol/article/view/10707

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2011)
Published: 2020-12-22


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

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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