Polish Women Emigrants as City Guide Authors: The Case of Selected Authors Living in Vienna and Berlin

Abstract

In the article „Polish Women Emigrants as City Guide Authors: The Case of Selected Authors Living in Vienna and Berlin“. I portray the phenomenon of the creation of original city guides by individuals professionally involved in literature, and actively engaged on the Internet. I am interested in the specificity of the genre, that results from giving it an author‘s signature, and the autobiographical entanglement, which usually lies at the heart of the decision to write a book about the city one resides in. At the same time, it is interesting to note the connections of city guides with other genres, for example, journalism.