Pictures in Our Heads: Reflections on Polish Stereotypes and Cultural Texts.

Karwatowska has demonstrated that the stereotypes present in jokes are characterized by simplistic over-generalizations that are readily available to the recipient. The first part of the book, written by Malgorzata Karwatowska, is a discussion of stereotypes that are most apparent in Polish jokes. The analysis of cultural texts, especially in the context of Polish stereotypes, is a fascinating research endeavor, which was undertaken by Malgorzata Karwatowska and Leszek Tymiakin in their book I W'sród stereotypów i tekstów kultury. [Extracted from the article]