Między upominkiem reklamowym, manifestem a książeczką do nabożeństwa. Lokalne publikacje jubileuszowe
Between a promo gift, a manifesto and a prayer book: local jubilee publications

Author(s): Agnieszka Szurek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: jubilee books; epideictic rhetoric; local literature
Summary/Abstract: Jubilee books published by small local societies or institutions are often despised as neither artful nor meaningful amateur enterprises. However, as belonging to an epideictic genre, they can have a very important social function of building a group’s identity around certain values. This paper aims to explore what values are considered essential by local communities, how their worldview is expressed and how these declarations correspond with the performative character of jubilee books.

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