Generation of freedom. Progress and modernity in Polish magazines for children and youth of interwar period of 20th century Cover Image

Pokolenie wolności. Postęp i nowoczesność w czasopismach dla młodzieży w okresie dwudziestolecia międzywojennego
Generation of freedom. Progress and modernity in Polish magazines for children and youth of interwar period of 20th century

Author(s): Katarzyna Zielińska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Library and Information Science, Studies of Literature, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: youth; children; interwar period; progress; modernity; education; magazines for teenagers

Summary/Abstract: The aim of article is to identify model of progress and modernity in popular Polish magazines such as ”Płomyk”, ”Młody Technik” and ”Dziś i Jutro” from 1919-1939, also to describe educational goals of contents from a field of science, motorization, radio-broadcasting, sport, health and recreation. The author has made the attempt to prove relationships of science articles with the idea of progress popularized in all areas of life in the interwar period. The article is supportive for recognition of educational goals of youth magazines, in circumstances when their goals were possibly correlated with school curriculum and dominant nurturing values of researched period.

  • Issue Year: 13/2019
  • Issue No: special
  • Page Range: 395-411
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish