polish migrants and migrant culture on the screen kris van heuckelom k.u.leuven, belgium...
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Polish Migrants and Migrant Culture
on the Screen
Kris Van HeuckelomK.U.Leuven, Belgium
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UK 2007
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UK 1982
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The Grass is Greener
Everywhere Else
Germany 1989
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The Ballad of the Windscreen
Washers
Italy 1998
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The Polish Bride
The Netherlands 1998
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Four Weeks in June
Sweden 2004
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UK 2007
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Strong identification of labor migration and Polish ethnicity
”Labor migrants are (often) Poles”
“Poles are (often) labor migrants”
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Polish migrant culture on the screen?
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Polish labor migrants as representatives
of the uncivilized East?
(euro-orientalism)
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Six films, two categories
The action takes place
1. during communism
2. after the fall of communism
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First category
1. Polish main characters
2. Rare & unpleasant contacts with locals
3. Tragic elements
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Second category
1. Polish & local main characters
2. “Interethnic ” love story
3. The newcomer ”helps” the locals and ”solves” their
problems
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The newcomers have ”potential” and have something to offer
to the local community
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Polish “impotence”
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Romance
YES
Marriage
NOT (YET)
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Mixed marriages(the Hollywood way)
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In the ”postcommunist” films the Polish characters fulfil a
new narrative role: they solve problems instead of creating
them.
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The distance between locals and newcomers becomes smaller(but weddings take place in
Hollywood only!)
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The emotional lability of Polish characters has given way to
emotional stability.
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Polish Migrants and Migrant Culture
on the Screen
Kris Van HeuckelomK.U.Leuven, Belgium