PRESS AS A TOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVATION OF WOMEN IN 1989-1992. POLISH PRESS FOR WOMEN DURING THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION Cover Image

Prasa jako narzędzie społecznej i politycznej aktywizacji kobiet w latach 1989-1992. Polska prasa dla kobiet w czasie transformacji ustrojowej
PRESS AS A TOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVATION OF WOMEN IN 1989-1992. POLISH PRESS FOR WOMEN DURING THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION

Author(s): Anna Szwed-Walczak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo HUMANICA Instytut Studiów Kobiecych
Keywords: “Kobieta i Życie” [Women and Life]; “Przyjaciółka” [Best Friend]; “Zwierciadło” [Mirror]; political transformation; women’s press in Poland; 1989-1992

Summary/Abstract: The women’s press in Poland in 1989-1992 was a special kind of press: on the one hand it was addressed to the addressee dominating in numbers in society, and on the other hand it was addressed a discriminated minority in the public sphere. The situation of women was complicated by the fact of legal equality, which was not implemented in practice. The above opinions were reflected in the research. The press titles selected for analysis: Kobieta i Życie [Woman and Life], Przyjaciółka [Best Friend], Zwierciadło [Mirror] at that time belonged to the most widely read magazines in Poland. Political transformation was an opportunity for women's press to promote women in politics, economy and culture. The aim of the study was to determine whether the women's press used transformations for social and political activation of women. It three research questions were formulated: 1) What political events were written in the women's press? 2) What role for women was seen during the transformation period? 3) How were women encouraged to social and political activities?

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 110-148
  • Page Count: 39
  • Language: Polish