Hlas české diaspory. Český krajanský tisk v Chorvatsku ve 20. a 21. století

• Authors: Andrea Preissová Krejčí

Title variants

EN

The voice of the Czech diaspora. Czech compatriot press in Croatia in the 20th and 21st centuries

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The aim of our study is to describe the origin and evolution of the compatriot press on the territory of contemporary Croatia through the long lens of the most recent history. To explain this phenomenon, which has endured for more than a hundred years, we look at the emergence and transformations of the periodical press of Croatian Czechs: the weekly Jugoslávští Čechoslováci [Yugoslav Czechoslovaks], since 1922; the weekly Jednota [Unity], since 1946; the monthly Dětský koutek [Kids’ Corner], since 1930/1932]; the journal Přehled kulturních a historických, literárních a školských otázek [Overview of Cultural, Literary, School, and Historical Topics], since 1962; and the almanac Český lidový kalendář [Czech National Calendar], since 1953. With a particular focus on Czech newspaper reporting published in Croatia, we also examine the role of the periodical press and its significance among the compatriot minority as a means of maintaining the Czech language and the cultural traditions of the Czechs living there. In doing so, we primarily drew on printed sources, i.e. compatriot literature and periodicals that are little known in the Czech Republic. We also worked with sources of institutional origin as well as of a private nature, preserved in the Archives of the Union of the Czechs in Croatia, namely with the personal correspondence of editors of the compatriot press. The uniqueness of the compatriot community lies in its ability to create social and cultural elites and generate its own culture and history, and this has been achieved thanks to the Jednota publishing house, Czech schools, and, above all, the many years of creative and artistic activity of countless compatriots.

Keywords

EN

compatriots; minority; publishing house; newspapers; Czechia; Croatia

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 399-434
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Andrea Preissová Krejčí

• Slovanský přehled, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic