From Polish Jokes to Pulaski: Polish American Culture and Politics in Milwaukee, 1956-1978

Polish Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee;Polish Americans

Jackson, Elizabeth C.

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Polish Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee;    Polish Americans;   

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来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

By the 1950s, most Americans of Polish descent were one or more generations removed from the ;;old country.;; In the eyes of many Polish Americans, this posed a problem for maintaining Polish cultural identity.Polish Americans in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s negotiated an identity not just through culture and Polish ;;tradition,;; but also through political activism. Polish Americans were not just concerned with maintaining a Polish identity but with being patriotic Americans. This essay will examine how groups such as the Wisconsin division of the Polish American Congress and Polanki, the Polish Women;;s Cultural Club of Milwaukee, promoted Polish American cultural identity during the mid-twentieth century.