Historia „samorosła”: narracje o powojennym podziemiu zbrojnym w Łomżyńskiem
"Autogenic" History: Narrations about the Post-war Armed Underground in the Voivodeship of coma

Summary/Abstract: The author tackled the question of the post-war anti-communist armed Underground movement in Poland, which up to now has been the domain of studies conducted mainly by experts on political history operating with traditional methodology. After the introduction, which develops the methodological motif, the author went on to present historiographic narrations collected during several research projects (with different themes) conducted in 2001–2008 in north-eastern Mazovia and the Podlasie region. The article considers history stemming both from individual experiences of the past and a historical and contemporary cultural, social and political context. “Autogenic history ” is analysed by referring to communication genres and narration strategies, applied by the narrators of historical categories, and the properties, which they ascribe to history and its protagonists. The author asks about the impact of present-day and past public discourses upon such folk narrations (by way of example, communist propaganda, the language of the contemporary media, etc.).

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