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Dilemmas of identity and language among young Kashubs in the light of 21st-century cultural change

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dc.contributor.author Dołowy-Rybińska, Nicole
dc.date.accessioned 2018-02-26T14:00:56Z
dc.date.available 2018-02-26T14:00:56Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Dilemmas of identity and language among Young Kashubs in the light of 21st-century cultural changes. In: B. Schrammel-Leber, C. Korb, Grazer Plurilingualismus Studien. Graz: University of Graz, s. 246-263 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12528/535
dc.description.abstract The article presents the results of fi eld research among young Kashubs in 2012, which consisted of participant observation and interviews with young Kashubs (16–25 years old) involved in activities concerning the protection of the minority language and culture. the objective was the study of young people's views of the Kashubian world, to what extent their knowledge of the minority language is related to attitudes supporting identifi cation with the minority, how they perceive their culture and what they would like it to be in the future. Due to the weak intergenerational transmission of the language in the 20th century, many young Kashubs did not learn Kashubian at home. Some of the author’s interlocutors learned Kashubian at school, some learned it on their own, and others cannot speak Kashubian, but make it a symbol of their Kashubian identity. When the pressure of assimilation is strong, then choice of whether or not to declare themselves as Kashub is each young person’s individual decision. Whether a person decides to identify with the minority culture depends on the image of this culture. In the case of Kashubian, it is still strongly related to a folkloristic image which does not fi t into the everyday life of the younger generation. Young Kashubs rebel against this stereotypical image of their culture. Being teenagers, just like any others, they do not want to be perceived as relics of the past. Nevertheless, being critical of the folkloric aspect does not mean a revolt against tradition, as it, next to the language, can be seen as a factor determining the boundaries of being Kashub in the modern world. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Kaszubi pl
dc.subject tożsamość narodowa pl
dc.subject 21 w. pl
dc.subject socjolingwistyka pl
dc.subject język mniejszości pl
dc.subject młodzież pl
dc.subject Kashubians en_US
dc.subject national identity en_US
dc.subject 21th century en_US
dc.subject sociolinguistics en_US
dc.subject minority language en_US
dc.subject teenagers en_US
dc.title Dilemmas of identity and language among young Kashubs in the light of 21st-century cultural change en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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