Background
Majewski, Karen Marie was born on April 21, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Marion and Geraldine Majewski.
(DURING Poland's century-long partition and in the interwa...)
DURING Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's reemergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity. Polish-American immigrant writers revealed their persistent, passionate engagement with these issues, as they used their work to define and consolidate an essentially transnational ethnic identity that was both tied to Poland and independent of it. By introducing these varied and forgotten works into the scholarly discussion, Traitors and True Poles recasts the literary landscape to include the immigrant community's own competing visions of itself. The conversation between Polonia's creative voices illustrates how immigrants manipulated often difficult economic, social, and political realities to provide a place for and a sense of themselves. What emerges is a fuller picture of American literature, one vital to the creation of an ethnic consciousness. This is the first extended look at Polish-language fiction written by turn-of-the-century immigrants, a forgotten body of American ethnic literature. Addressing a blind spot in our understanding of immigrant and ethnic identity and culture, Traitors and True Poles challenges perceptions of a silent and passive Polish immigration by giving back its literary voice.
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Majewski, Karen Marie was born on April 21, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Marion and Geraldine Majewski.
Bachelor, Southern Illinois University, 1977. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1998.
Lecturer North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1983—1988. Associate professor St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Michigan, 1994—2003. Curator polish book collection Orchard Lake School, 1996—2010.
Project manager Adjustment Program Institute Research Labor, Employment, and the Economy, University Michigan, 2010.
(DURING Poland's century-long partition and in the interwa...)
Executive director Polish American History Association, 1998—2007. Executive board member Dekaban Foundation, since 1999, Wayne-Metropolitan Agency, since 2010, Michigan Suburbs Alliance, since 2010. Member Hamtramck History Commission, Hamtramck, 2002—2003.
Mayor City of Hamtramck, since 2006. Active Michigan Municipal League, 2008—2010, vice president, since 2010. President Hamtramck City Council, 2004—2005.
Member of Modern Language Association, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, American Studies Association, American History Association, Polish Institute Arts and Science American, Polish American History Association (executive director since 1998, Halicki prize 2000, District Service award 2003, Kulczycki prize 2003).
Married Matthew Feazell, 2005.