„Zbieranie okruchów rzeczywistości”. Opowieść Sylwii Chutnik o życiu codziennym warszawiaków w połowie lat 50. XX wieku

Abstract

The article discusses Sylwia Chutnik’s book Miasto zgruzowstałe. Codzienność Warszawy w latach 1954–1955[The city rising from ruins. Daily life inWarsaw in the years 1954–1955] (Warsaw 2020). Analysing the selection of source materials, the methodology and the structure of the work, theauthor of the review points to a clear link between Chutnik’s field of interest as a cultural studies scholar, her writing and social activism. In the reviewer’s opinion, both the method of presenting the problems and the emotional attitude to her hometown, visible in the narrative, testify to Chutnik’s engaged attitude as a researcher.