In modern Polish culture there is nostalgia for some aspects of life in the Polish People's Republic (Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL), the communist period of the country's history between 1947 and 1989.[1][2][3][4]
As with other manifestations of communist nostalgia, for people who lived during the period of the PRL, the two major factors that cause PRL nostalgia are a dissatisfaction with the present and memories of a happily recollected past.[5]
Businesses were quick to respond to the phenomenon by renewing the manufacture of products from PRL times, such as warm ice cream, Polo-Cockta, Junak motorcycles, and Ludwik laundry detergent.[6]
See also
- Museum of the Polish People's Republic, Kraków
- Nostalgia for the Soviet Union – Post-1991 social phenomenon
- Ostalgie – Nostalgia for aspects of life in East Germany
- Yugo-nostalgia – Nostalgia for Yugoslavia among ex-Yugoslav populations
References
- ^ Karolina Golinowska, "Nostalgia for the PRL in contemporary Poland"
- ^ Christine Esche, Rosa Katharina Mossiah (formerly Timm), Sandra Topalska. "Lost and Found: Communism Nostalgia and Communist Chic Among Poland's Old and Young Generations". Humanity in Action. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Renata Murawska, "Of the Polish People’s Republic and its Memory in Polish Film"
- ^ "Kapitan Żbik na tropie oranżady". wprost.pl. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ^ Monika Prusik, Maria Lewicka, Nostalgia for Communist Times and Autobiographical Memory: Negative Present or Positive Past?, Political Psychology, Volume 37, Issue 5 October 2016 doi:10.1111/pops.12330
- ^ "Products Create Market for Communist Nostalgia in Eastern Europe", Spiegel Online, February 28, 2005
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