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  • The Jewish Inn in Polish Culture

    Between Practice and Phantasm

    Series series Jews in Eastern Europe
    The Jewish inn (żydowska karczma) was a central pillar of economic and social life in Polish lands before the Second World War. While its primary role was to provide hospitality, it also functioned as a multifaceted hub for business, leisure, and religious festivities, reflecting its vital role in the community.In The Jewish Inn: Between Practice and Phantasm, editors Halina Goldberg and Bożena ... Leer más

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  • Polish Cinema Today

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    A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleStructured according to key themes, Polish Cinema Today analyzes the remarkable innovations in Polish cinema emerging a decade after the 1989 dissolution of the Soviet bloc, once its film industry had evolved from a socialist state enterprise into a much more accessible system of film production, with growing expertise in distribution and marketing. ... Leer más

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  • Transgressive Women in Modern Russian and East European Cultures

    From the Bad to the Blasphemous

    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
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    The American Impact on European Popular Culture since 1945

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