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- Title
'Great Britain, Great Expectations': The Representation of Polish Migration to Great Britain in Londyńczycy/Londoners.
- Authors
Rydzewska, Joanna
- Abstract
Following the 2004 extension of the European Union (EU), Polish migrant workers began arriving in the United Kingdom on an unprecedented scale. Londyńczycy/Londoners (2008-9) was a response to this. Exploring the lives of Polish migrants in London, the series became an instant success on Polish television, regularly attracting around four million viewers. This article will explore how Londoners represents Britishness and Polishness to its target Polish audience. It will argue that the series negotiates questions of Polish national identity, which for the past 20 years has been undergoing fundamental redefinition as a result of the ending of the Cold War and Poland's accession to the EU.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; POLAND; EMIGRATION &; immigration on television; POLISH national character; BRITISH national character; TELEVISION series; EUROPEAN Union
- Publication
Critical Studies in Television, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
1749-6020
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7227/CST.6.2.13