TY - JOUR
TI - The Concept of “Galicia” in the Discourse of Chwila Newspaper (1919–1939)
AU - Melnyk, Roman
TI - The Concept of “Galicia” in the Discourse of Chwila Newspaper (1919–1939)
AB - 
	This article proposes a study of the usage of the concept of “Galicia” in the leading Jewish political newspaper of interwar Eastern Galicia (southeastern Poland), the Zionist daily Chwila. The use of “Galicia” is analyzed along with its main concurrent in the public sphere, the term “Małopolska” (Lesser Poland). Each term had its realm of usage, while each was caused by a distinct kind of motivation. “Lesser Poland” dominated the political and common sphere as the name of the former Austrian part of Poland, while “Galicia” was reserved mostly for writing about cultural issues and stereotypes. “Lesser Poland” was supposedly accepted by Galician Zionists as a tool to express their loyalty to the newly restored Polish Republic, while “Galicia” was preserved as an instrument for communication with other Galician Jews abroad and their common Austrian past, as well as an instrument of othering them from the outside. Both terms continued to be used in such a way throughout the entire interwar period.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 18
PY - 2020
SN - 1733-5760
C1 - 2084-3925
SP - 67
EP - 84
DO - 10.4467/20843925SJ.20.005.13873
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/scripta-judaica-cracoviensia/artykul/the-concept-of-galicia-in-the-discourse-of-chwila-newspaper-1919-1939
KW - Lesser Poland
KW - interwar period
KW - Lviv
KW - Galician Jews
KW - public discourse
KW - stereotypes