Title:

Agnieszka Osiecka’s Diaries and Notes as a Source for Research into the History of Girlhood

Subtitle:

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 127 (2023) ; Review Article

Creator:

Wilk, Marcin

Institutional creator:

Fundacja Instytutu Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Nauk Historycznych

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2023

Description:

p. 167-176

Subject and Keywords:

Osiecka, Agnieszka, 1936-1997 - diaries ; girlhood ; gender ; youth - Poland - 1945-1990 - attitude ; communism ; egodocument ; People’s Republic of Poland

Abstract:

This review article refers to the publication of six volumes of personal notes by Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997), one of the most popular Polish poets, a songwriter, director, and journalist of the second half of the twentieth century. The collection under review covers mainly the 1950s and provides a space for the search for one’s own identity. While referring to the recent edition and highlighting selected themes, this review article puts forward a perspective on the entire body of documents published between 2013 and 2021. A particular emphasis is placed on the importance of analysis of such egodocuments in girlhood studies.

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Relation:

Acta Poloniae Historica

Volume:

127

Start page:

167

End page:

176

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : scientific review

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

10.12775/APH.2022.127.09 ; 2450-8462 ; 0001-6829

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.296/127 ; IH PAN, sygn. A.295/127 Podr. ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Education and Science

Access:

Open