Academic Scientific JournalsStraregies for promoting Polish identity in the northeastern United States
Keywords:
Promoting Polish Culture, Polish Cultural Organizations, Survey ResearchAbstract
The survey research study described in this article was launched in Fall 2018 to assess the determinants of Polish identity among first and second-generation American born individuals of Polish descendant -- the generation first born in the United States whose parent(s) was/were born in Poland -or- the second generation born in the United States whose grandparent(s) was/were born in Poland and whose parent(s) was/were born in the United States. The study took place in the northeastern United States. The article begins with a brief literature review on the subject followed by a description of the research methods used, findings that pertain to a target audience, and a strategy for promoting Polish identity with this target audience. This strategy should prove useful to Polish cultural organizations in the northeastern United States (and perhaps elsewhere) in their efforts to develop programming that successfully promotes Polish identity with their audiences.
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