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- W585431804 abstract "The wartime and postwar Polish emigration allows us to study a ‘parallel’history of the Polish nation. Poles in Great Britain were free from therestrictions imposed on Poles in the homeland by the communistdictatorship; they were thus better able to continue in the intellectualand cultural paths of interwar Poland. But by the later 1950s it was clearthat there would be no early return to a free Poland. Poles in exile hadto adapt to their condition, and interact with a rapidly changing Britishsociety. As a result, their characteristics diverged from those of Polesin the homeland and – despite their best efforts – from those of theirancestors as well. This dissertation examines the distinctive ‘parallelPolish world’ at the level of everyday life, rather than the centralinstitutions of ‘Polish London’. It focuses on three Gminy (Communities)founded in the 1950s: the Polish Community of West London, the PolishCommunity of South London, and the Polish Centre in Lewisham.The diverse and enjoyable social activities undertaken or supported bythe Communities – dances, Saturday schools, sport, scouting and guiding,charity, religious and national commemorations – were subordinated to theaim of maintaining Polish national identity in exile, and transmitting itto subsequent generations. This kind of ‘Polishness’ was heroic,martyrological, and Roman Catholic. The organizational and fundraisingskills developed in the Communities’ pursuit of their own houses provedinvaluable in the building of the Polish Social and Cultural Centre inLondon (POSK). However, among the casualties of POSK were the PolishCommunities of West and South London, which effectively came to an end in1976. Only the more peripheral Lewisham Centre survived. POSK’s benefitto everyday Polish life in London has been questionable. The Gminy mayyet offer an organizational model for a new, more numerous wave of Polishemigrants to the UK." @default.
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- W585431804 title "The making of Polish London through everyday life, 1956-1976" @default.
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