Codzienna mobilizacja. O propagandzie czytelnictwa książek w Polsce stalinowskiej i trudnościach jej badania

• Authors: Dariusz Jarosz

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Daily Mobilization On Book-Readership Propaganda in Stalinist Poland, and the Obstacles Hindering Enquiries on this Subject

Abstracts

EN

The author attempts to answer the question, what basic hindrances deter researching the issue of readership in Poland during the period 1948–1956, and how these obstacles can be overcome. In his opinion these difficulties encompass: (1) Acquiring the knowledge how to look for and gather primary sources. The successful researcher needs to transcend methodological barriers, which derive from the habits of historians and book-studies specialists, who tend to work on different kinds of documentation. (2) The character of the sources, which are utilized for reconstructing the Stalinist-era reality. One must never forget that Stalinist-era sources necessitate particularly detailed and careful criticism. They are permeated by ideology to the degree unprecedented in Polish history, and never encountered afterwards. This applies especially to all official publications. Moreover, unlike in later times, for the Stalinist period we have no sociological analyses of readership. (3) Hence, official materials acquire special significance. These were chiefly reports, prepared in accordance with the bureaucratic pragmatism characteristic for the Stalinist institutions – their content reacting immediately, even to minor changes in the political conditioning. The author demonstrates his points on the materials related to the reading competitions prepared for the peasant milieus.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Dziennikarstwa, Informacji i Bibliologii
• Journal: Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 295-306

Dates

published

2011

Contributors

author

Dariusz Jarosz

• Instytut Informacji Naukowej i Studiów Bibliologicznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

References

• D. Jarosz, Dni Oświaty Książki i Prasy w systemie propagandy kulturalnej władz Polski Ludowej 1946–1956, „Polska 1944/45– 1989. Studia i materiały”, t. 10, Warszawa 2011, s. 43–60
• T. Pasierbiński, Problemy likwidacji analfabetyzmu w Polsce Ludowej, Warszawa 1960
• S. Kondek, Stracone złudzenia. Kłopoty dysponentów obiegu książki z rzeczywistością czytelniczą w latach 1952–1955, [w:] Instytucje – publiczność – sytuacje kultury, t. 6, Warszawa 1997, s. 234

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Biblioteka Nauki

472084