This book investigates modern cultural traditions and their transformations in Poland. Designed as a series of case studies analyzing music festivals, city parades, rural rituals, and contemporary bachelorette parties, this volume creates a rich panorama of Poland's cultural, social, and political transformations.

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Introduction: Modernizing Localities in Poland: A Never-ending Transformation

Chapter 1: State Ideologies and Community Values: Post-war Poland in the Mirror of Festivals

Chapter 2: From "Commercial Sellout" to Community-based Event: The Paradoxes of Polish Punk Rock Music Festivals

Chapter 3: Punk Rock Beyond the Center: Critical Geography of Art

Chapter 4: Creating a Public Sphere Through a Celebration: The Case of the St. Martin's Parade

Chapter 5: Laughter, Fear, and Rural Feminization: Contemporary Carnival Shrovetide in the Polish Countryside

Chapter 6: A Wreath from a Sex Shop: Bachelorette Parties

Chapter 7: Peasanthood as Long-term Structure

Chapter 8: "How Poland Entered Europe:" The Motorway as a Space of Neoliberalism

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