Bieganski : The Brute Polak Stereotype in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture

Name: Bieganski
Brand: Academic Studies Press
SKU: 9781936235155
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ISBN: 9781936235155

by Danusha V. Goska

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Format Hardback

Book Series Jews of Poland

ISBN-10 1936235153

ISBN-13 9781936235155

Publisher Academic Studies Press

Imprint Academic Studies Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 15th, 2010

Print length 344 Pages

Weight 698 grams

Dimensions 16.80 x 24.40 x 2.90 cms

Product Classification: Popular culture Social groups: religious groups and communities Popular culture Jewish studies Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

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Bieganski is a stereotype of Poles and other Eastern Europeans. In the 'Bieganski' stereotype, Poles exhibit the qualities of animals. Their special hatefulness is epitomized by their Polish anti-Semitism. This book discovers this stereotype in the mainstream press, scholarship, film, in Jews' self-definition, and in responses to the Holocaust.

In this study, Goska exposes one stereotype of Poles and other Eastern Europeans. In the “Bieganski” stereotype, Poles exhibit the qualities of animals. They are strong, stupid, violent, fertile, anarchic, dirty, and especially hateful in a way that more evolved humans are not. Their special hatefulness is epitomized by Polish anti- Semitism. Bieganski discovers this stereotype in the mainstream press, in scholarship and film, in Jews’ self-definition, and in responses to the Holocaust. Bieganski’s twin is Shylock, the stereotype of the crafty, physically inadequate, moneyed Jew. The final chapters of the book are devoted to interviews with American Jews, which reveal that Bieganski—and Shylock—are both alive and well among those who have little knowledge of Poles or Poland.

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