Strange Museums A Journey Through Poland |
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| Author:
| McGregor, Fiona |
| Series title: | New Writing Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-921401-18-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The dictum goes: Go to the bars of a place to understand its living. Go to the museums to understand its dead. When Fiona McGregor, writer and performance artist, travelled to Poland in 2006 as a festival participant, it was her first visit to Eastern Europe. She had a remarkable vantage point to observe new formations in old Europe: economic, political, and personal. Fiona gets caught up watching and participating in a culture in change, where people are struggling to live well enough...
More DescriptionThe dictum goes: Go to the bars of a place to understand its living. Go to the museums to understand its dead. When Fiona McGregor, writer and performance artist, travelled to Poland in 2006 as a festival participant, it was her first visit to Eastern Europe. She had a remarkable vantage point to observe new formations in old Europe: economic, political, and personal. Fiona gets caught up watching and participating in a culture in change, where people are struggling to live well enough under capitalism and where old ideas are expressed in the extraordinary cluster of public museums she found. This is a travelogue of Poland from street level.