Destination Warsaw: The 1955 World Festival of Youth and Students in Nowa Wieś and Dookoła Świata Magazines Cover Image

Kierunek Warszawa. Festiwal Młodzieży i Studentów w 1955 roku na łamach czasopism Nowa Wieś i Dookoła Świata
Destination Warsaw: The 1955 World Festival of Youth and Students in Nowa Wieś and Dookoła Świata Magazines

Author(s): Jacek Laudy-Wiaderny
Subject(s): Social history, Rural and urban sociology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: young adult magazines; Festival of Youth and Students; folklore; people's history; youth; inequalities; Polish Thaw; Polish People's Republic; countryside;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the participation of rural youth in the 1955 World Festival of Youth and Students held in Warsaw. The author identifies the differences and similarities between rural and urban youth, situating them within the broader context of selected socio-political developments of the Polish Thaw. The source material includes articles from two weekly magazines published by the Union of Polish Youth: Nowa Wieś [New Village], aimed at rural youth, and Dookoła Świata [Around the World], aimed at urban youth. The article also draws on the accounts by rural diarists and press correspondents.

  • Issue Year: 7/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 196-209
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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