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Culture in post-communist Poland
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With the fall of communism Polish culture and society began a process of profound transformation, marked by the return of democracy and redevelopment of civil society. After 1989, the heavy government controls ended, and radical economic changes were introduced. The influx of new aesthetic and social ideas was accompanied by the Western market forces. However, unlike any other temporal marker in the development of Polish culture from the past, the year 1989 did not introduce any specific literary events or artistic manifestations. For a generation of accomplished writers the objectives and their moral quests remained the same as in the preceding period. The first decade of freedom brought mainly state reforms in the financing of cultural institutions and patronage; forcing self-sustainability in an often uncharted territory. Literature, film, visual arts, theater and mass media remained focused on their active participation in public life.[1][2][3]
- ^ Wlodzimierz Bolecki (2004). 1989 in Poland: Continuity and Caesura (Google book preview). John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 51–54. ISBN 9027234523. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Prof. Justyna Beinek. "Post-Communist Polish Culture (1989-Present)" (PDF). Topics in Polish Literature and Culture (Slav-P365/565). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF file, direct download 66 KB) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008–2011). "Visual Arts". Experience Poland » Culture » Visual Arts (in Polish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
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