A Good Man Among Bad Americans: The Image of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Przekrój (1960-1964)

• Authors: Szymkowska-Bartyzel Joanna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Przekrój was one of the most popular culture magazines published in Communist Poland. It was addressed to intellectual elites. For many years it saved much of its independence and neutral character. The paper presents the image JFK in the magazine that generally did not deal with politics and avoided the communist propaganda. Content analysis of the weekly’s issues from the period of 1960 - 1964 show several discourses in which JFK was presented to Przekrój readers.

Keywords

EN

John F. Kennedy, Przekrój, communist propaganda, image

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Ad Americam
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 18
• Pages: 65-73

Contributors

author

Szymkowska-Bartyzel Joanna

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/AdAmericam.18.2017.18.05