Święta wojna o czystość. Rec.: P.Oczko, Miotła i krzyż. Kultura sprzątania w dawnej Holandii, albo Historia pewnej obsesji. Kraków 2013
Holy War of Cleanness. A review: P.Oczko, Miotła i krzyż. Kultura sprzątania w dawnej Holandii, albo Historia pewnej obsesji. Kraków 2013
Author(s): Anna Al-ArajSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Piotr Oczko; cult of cleaning in Holland
Summary/Abstract: The review discusses Piotr Oczko’s book, the first lengthy attempt at presenting a common in Holland cult of cleaning over a span of history. The description of unusual Dutch practices of keeping order contained in the study refers to, following the New Historicism assumptions, the presentation of more significant issues, as e.g. national identity and its formation, relation with God and world, morality, middle-class ethos, or the Northern Netherlands social relations.
Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki. Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone historii i krytyce literatury polskiej
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 241-245
- Page Count: 5