Niemiec płakał, jak sprzedawał. Niemcy i kultura niemiecka w polskich memach internetowych
A German was crying as he was selling. Germany and German culture in Polish Internet mems

Author(s): Iwona Burkacka
Subject(s): Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: stereotype; satire; mem
Summary/Abstract: In the analyzed Polish mems a selective treatment of culture and a duplicationof stereotypes concerning the appearance of German women,men and the German language can be observed. However, in the memsthere appear new elements which are connected with a clever observationof the changes that take place, and an awareness of the existenceof stereotypical images, and, perhaps, an attempt at referring to themin a perverse way (a series Ładna Niemka – ‘A Pretty German Woman’).In the series with the phrase Niemiec płakał, jak sprzedawał (A Germanwas crying as he was selling) we can notice a play with the typicalperception of German cars, their owners and the arguments of carsalesmen. Therefore, on the one hand, mems strenghten conventionalperspectives, and on the other hand, they oppose them, frequentlyshowing their absurdity, ridiculousness and conventionality.

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