SPEED, ADVENTURE, POLITICS: LEISURE MOTORING IN INTERWAR SLOVAKIA WITH REGARD TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AUTOCLUB KOŠICE

• Authors: Jančura Mikuláš
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The text concentrates on the interpretation of “free time” during the initial years of the twentieth century, and the role of motor vehicles as a “means of its consumption”. However, the use of cars and motorcycles in leisure time was strictly determined by the specific economic and cultural conditions of interwar Czechoslovakia, particularly in the territory of Slovakia. Socio-economic barriers limited such activities to the upper and, in the case of motorcycles, middle classes. At the same time, leisure motoring was strongly linked with a novel form of tourism that was highly organized in interwar Czechoslovakia (particularly in Slovakia). Examining the role of cars and motorcycles in leisure activities during the researched period, the analysis will consider the definitions of free time and how these vehicles were utilized in their social and cultural context, specifically through the example of the activities of the Autoclub Košice. The presented text draws on previously published studies and the author’s monograph, as well as recent works and additional sources. The Autoclub Košice is identified as a prominent organization that significantly impacted the local rise of motor tourism, sports and general recreational tourism in the observed period.

Keywords

EN

LEISURE TIME; MOTORING; CAR CLUBS; MOTOR TOURISM; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; SLOVAKIA; KOŠICE

• Publisher: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
• Journal: Mesto a dejiny
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 71 – 88

Contributors

author

Jančura Mikuláš

• Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-9458

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33542/CAH2023-2-04