scholarly journals What is Popular? Studies on the Press in Interwar Europe: Popular Print as Historical Artefact

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gioula Koutsopanagou
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Periodical Press ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Periodical Studies ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Aesthetic Appearance ◽  
The Press ◽  
Interwar Europe ◽  
The Comparative Study

The notion of 'popular' as a determinant in the study of the interwar periodical press lies at the centre of this special issue. The question posed in its title places the subject matter in a specific historical timeframe and context but also addresses a universal cultural publishing phenomenon, that of the popular press, as it is seen and analyzed by scholars from different countries in Europe and beyond. Popular periodicals were widely published across the globe in vernacular languages that were freighted with region-specific but often contested cultural meanings. Whilst retaining distinctive national features, however, they also incorporated many common elements that were freely transferred across national borders and between languages, particularly in relation to their aesthetic appearance, subject themes, and format and writing styles. The current growth of interest in the comparative study of this hitherto neglected category of the ‘popular’ thus further enriches a literature which has, to date, remained markedly Anglophone in its orientation. Finally, by juxtaposing the specific approaches adopted by the contributors to this special issue, the guest editors, Fabio Guidali and Gioula Koutsopanagou, seek to start a wider conversation about the value of historical perspectives and methodologies in strengthening the collaborative work of the Journal of European Periodical Studies and of the activities of the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) more generally. In that sense, this issue is offered as an example of the ways in which international collaboration by historians may contribute to the growing field of periodical studies.

scholarly journals Women Editors in Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Van Remoortel ◽  
Julie M. Birkholz ◽  
Maria Alesina ◽  
Christina Bezari ◽  
Charlotte D'Eer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Women Editors ◽  
Periodical Studies ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Press ◽  
Editorial Work ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Selection Of

This special issue of the Journal of European Periodical Studies contains a selection of eleven papers presented at the 2019 Women Editors in Europe conference at Ghent University. It explores women’s editorship in a wide range of national and transnational contexts in five full-length articles by Judit Acsády, Lola Alvarez-Morales and Amelia Sanz-Cabrerizo, Aisha Bazlamit, Andrea Penso, and Joanne Shattock, and five shorter pieces by Petra Bozsoki, Zsolt Mészáros, Marie Nedregotten Sørbø, Zsuzsa Török, and Alicja Walczyna, headed by a provocative essay by the conference keynote speaker, Fionnuala Dillane. Spanning three centuries and seven European languages, the special issue not only offers insight into the breadth and diversity of women’s editorial work for the press; it also draws together different national and language traditions in periodical scholarship and makes them accessible to an international audience.

scholarly journals Conflict in the Periodical Press

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Giovannetti
Keyword(s):  
European Society ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Periodical Press ◽  
Periodical Studies ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Sixth International Conference ◽  
International University ◽  
Sixth International

The four articles collected in this special issue of the Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) derive from four lectures that were presented at the Sixth International Conference of the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit), which was held at the International University of Languages and Media (IULM), Milan, on 28–30 June 2017. The topic for the conference was ‘Conflict in the Periodical Press’.

Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (13) ◽  
pp. 1667-1693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cas Mudde ◽  
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Economic Anxiety ◽  
The Comparative Study

Academics are increasingly using the concept of populism to make sense of current events such as the Brexit referendum and the Trump presidency. This is certainly a welcome development, but two shortcomings can be observed in the contemporary debate. On one hand, new populism scholars often start from scratch and do not build upon the existing research. On the other hand, those who have been doing comparative research on populism stay in their comfort zone and thus do not try to link their work to other academic fields. In this article, we address these two shortcomings by discussing some of the advantages of the so-called ideational approach to the comparative study of populism and by pointing out four avenues of future research, which are closely related to some of the contributions of this special issue, namely, (a) economic anxiety, (b) cultural backlash, (c) the tension between responsiveness and responsibility, and (d) (negative) partisanship and polarization.

On fragile democracy: Contemporary and historical perspectives—Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-431
Author(s):  
Martin Conway
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
History Of ◽  
Long Term Trends

The concept of fragility provides an alternative means of approaching the history of democracy, which has often been seen as the ineluctable consequence of Europe’s social and political modernisation. This is especially so in Scandinavia, as well as in Finland, where the emergence of a particular Nordic model of democracy from the early decades of the twentieth century onwards has often been explained with reference to embedded traditions of local self-government and long-term trends towards social egalitarianism. In contrast, this article emphasises the tensions present within the practices and understandings of democracy in the principal states of Scandinavia during the twentieth century. In doing so, it provides an introduction to the articles that compose this Special Issue, as well as contributing to the wider literature on the fragility of present-day structures of democracy.

scholarly journals Argentine Period of the Stepan Erzia’s Creativity (1927–1950). Searching and Findings

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
Natalia Abramovna Rozenberg
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Art History ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Visual Language ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Task

Relevance: The problem of studying the work of one of the outstanding masters of the Russian Diaspora – Stephan Erzia, who created several hundred sculp-tures in Argentina, has been raised. Their specificity, connection with the culture of the country hasn’t been studied properly, and cultural and art history analysis has not been carried out. At the same time, identifying the reasons why the Argentineans per-ceive his art in relation to the Argentine one, is an essential research task. Moreover, Erzia’s exhibitions of recent years, held in Buenos Aires, Moscow and St. Petersburg, were successful. Novelty: The uniqueness of Erzia’s work is due to his double mentality. He saw the world not only as Russian, but also as Argentinean. New cultural meanings are in-dicated in the problems of his sculptures and in the visual language itself. Erzia’s stay in Argentina is considered in the context of the formation of na-tional art. Including the example of the synthesis of architecture and sculpture of representative build-ings created by European masters. Although the 20–40s of the 20th century were an era of prosperity for Argentina, their own architects will only make them-selves known in the 1930s. Many of them worked in Europe and Argentina. The interest in Erzia’s art before his first exhibition in Buenos Aires was pre-pared by the press. The articles emphasized that the sculptor would show the works that were success-fully demonstrated in 1926 in Paris. The audience became convinced of the high professionalism and genre diversity of the master's works. A year after his arrival, Erzia turns less to marble and bronze, more to the tree of local tropical species – quebracho and algarroba. They possessed exceptional density, mul-tiplicity of color shades, and expressive texture. Er-zia’s works were formed in cycles. These are por-traits and nudes, monumental images of geniuses of humanity, the theme of motherhood. A bold change in iconographic canons distinguishes the best works of the master.

scholarly journals La Revue des marraines (1916–17): A Journal for War Godmothers and their Godchildren

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Marysa Demoor ◽  
Birgit Van Puymbroeck ◽  
Marianne Van Remoortel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
First World War ◽  
Periodical Press ◽  
World War ◽  
Periodical Studies ◽  
Mainstream Press ◽  
First World

This article is situated at the crossroads of First World War and periodical studies. It sheds light on the phenomenon of ‘war godmothers’ [‘marraines’], women who supported soldiers at the front by sending them parcels and letters. The so-called godmothers made use of the mainstream press to advertise their services, and founded periodicals of their own. In this article, we examine the representation of war godmothers in the periodical press and uncover La Revue des marraines, a handwritten journal created by the Melles Picard in Paris. The analysis addresses the little-known phenomenon of the war godmothers, the relation between godmother and godson, and changing gender roles. It further questions the importance of handwritten journals during the war, when paper and other means were scarce.

Rethinking South Asian Media Historiography: Excavating Princely India’s Media Cultures with Reference to Jammu and Kashmir State

2021 ◽  
pp. 239386172110402
Author(s):  
Imran Parray ◽  
Saima Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
The State ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
Periodical Press ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
British Colonial

This article, while attempting to rethink the media historiography of South Asia, traces the early origins of press systems in princely India. Focusing on Jammu and Kashmir state, it offers an assessment of socio-political and historical factors which contributed to the trajectory of growth of the press in the state while tracing its relationship with the princely politics, indigenous politico-religious movements, and the British colonial state vis-a-vis an emerging colonial public. The larger aim of the article is to shift focus to media cultures of princely India and bring them onto the centre stage of postcolonial historiography. We argue that such a study of the press systems—which existed in princely states but have hitherto remained a neglected subject—will not only complement the current understanding of postcolonial media studies but substantially offer an alternative reading of the dominant discourse within postcolonial studies. The article maps the webs of patronages, loyalities, struggles and resistance that marked the coming of the periodical press in the state and how they differently shaped its practices, aspirations and outcomes.

Power, Patronage and the Production of Catholic Material Culture in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-160
Author(s):  
Caroline M. McGee
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
The People ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Ecclesiastical Architecture ◽  
Human Autonomy ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines Catholic religious authority in the context of the production and consumption of ecclesiastical architecture and art. It moves beyond consideration of this material culture from nation-state or formalist art-historical perspectives to explore the levels of human autonomy and agency that came to bear on building and decorating projects at the turn of the nineteenth century. Using a case study model, it analyses the multiple forms of authority inscribed in Catholic Church buildings whose aesthetic shifted from the modest to the sublime during the period. In so doing, it demonstrates the impact of religious power on architects, transnational commercial art industry businesses, and lay donors, and produces a more nuanced cross-disciplinary picture of the multiple cultural meanings, tangible and intangible, of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture and the people behind its production.

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