CZEGO UCZĄ PORADNIKI DLA IMIGRANTÓW? OBRAZ POLSKIEJ RELIGIJNOŚCI ORAZ RELACJI GENDEROWYCH W INFORMATORACH DLA CUDZOZIEMCÓW

The author undertakes to analyse the integration discourse contained in guides for immigrants published in Poland. She concentrates on two major aspects: first, on the portrayal of Polish religiosity, and second, on descriptions of gender relations andthe social roles of men and women. Information booklets for foreigners are intended to educate foreigners about life in their new country. Theymay also be read as a self-portrait of the receiving society, defining its key values and preferred integration methods. In the case of the guides under analysis here, the Europeanization of the discourse on integration and foreigners is clear: they create an opposition between European values and models and those of non-European cultures. In the sphere of gender relations, the guides propagate equal rights, and the egalitarian vision of the receiving society is contrasted with the images of the non-egalitarian sending countries. In the sphere of religiosity, one of the guides in particular portrays Polish life as being imbued with the influence of Christianity.