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„Zwierciadło” i tematyka reportaży jako pomysł badawczy
Zwierciadło and the Subject of Reportages as a Research Idea

Author(s): Maria Bauchrowicz-Tocka
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Media studies, Sociology, Family and social welfare, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Wydawnictwo HUMANICA Instytut Studiów Kobiecych
Keywords: the weekly Zwierciadło; single mothers; unwanted children; orphanages; woman in the Polish People’s Republic;

Summary/Abstract: During the post-October thaw, new topics appeared in the Polish press concerning the problems of the life of the society. The protagonists of the Zwierciadło reports were women hurt and mutilated by unhappy love, mothers putting their children under the protection of the state, and infanticide. Reports revealed not only women’s problems, but also showed intolerance of the environment with rigid social norms and the lack of an effective system to help single mothers.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 149-163
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish