Feeling Scottish: Affect, Mimicry, and Vaudeville’s “Inimitable” Harry Lauder

Schweitzer, Marlis; Guadagnolo, Dan

doi:10.1353/dtc.2012.0011

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“…Reactions of Mr. Polska's Polish fans can further be explained by the mechanism of the so-called ‘ethnic affect’ (cf. Schweitzer & Guadagnolo 2012). By exploiting his Polish persona, Mr. Polska gives Polish fans the impression that he is one of them, which results in their feeling a connection and affiliating themselves with the rapper 36 .…”

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Stereotypes as source of subcultural capital: Poland and the Polish in the auto-representation project of the Dutch rapper, Mr. Polska

Dynarowicz¹

2018

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Over the past few years Mr. Polska, a Dutch rapper of Polish origin, has been enjoying a growing popularity in the Netherlands. Mr. Polska uses his Polish roots to position himself on the Dutch music scene and creates a persona that leans heavily on essentialised and exoticised stereotypes about Poland and the Polish. This article tries to answer two questions: what kind of image of Poland and the Poles is being created here? What purpose does it serve? It argues that negative stereotypes used in a multicultural environment acquire a new, positive meaning and play an important role in building the artist's image. The article further explores the post-subcultural character of Mr. Polska's project. It demonstrates that Mr. Polska's objective is not so much political engagement, as was usually the case with the traditional subcultural scene, but rather to confirm his authenticity and build his subcultural capital. Finally, Mr. Polska's use of a hip-hop aesthetic in combination with exoticised Polishness will be discussed.

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“… 36 Schweitzer and Guadagnolo (2012) analyse the case of Harry Lauder, an American vaudeville artist, who employed his Scottish background in his shows, having a similar effect on his audience to Mr. Polska.…”

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