CALL FOR PAPERS 2/2025

2025-01-29

Walt Disney  – An Icon of Children’s and Young Adult Culture

Although the world of fairy-tale cinematography for children and young adults is not made up entirely of works created by Walt Disney, Jack Zipes’s statement (2010, p. xii) about its dominant position in crafting (not only) film fairy tales from at least the mid-20^th century through the early decades of the 21^st century seems both valid and still relevant. The scholar considers it impossible for anyone involved in this field of art, born after 1945 in Western countries, not to have seen productions from the studio and not to have been faced with a choice: either to accept this legacy with all its limitations or to challenge it (p. xi). (more)

CALL FOR PAPERS 1/2025

2024-06-11

Around the Folk Turn in Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture

For at least a decade, terms such as ‘folk history’ and ‘folk turn’ have been regularly problematised in the Polish humanities discourse. Katarzyna Chmielewska (2021, p. 307) points out that "[f]olk stories are immersed in a contemporary cultural trend that evokes a lively social response.” Several cultural texts, where traditional culture is the central reference point, can be considered this specific “social response.” These include not only Ludowa historia Polski [Folk History of Poland] (2020) by Adam Leszczyński, Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach [Female Peasants: The Story of Our Grandmothers] (2023) by Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak, Nieprzezroczyste. Historie polskiej fotografii [Opaque: Stories of Polish Photography] (2023) by Agnieszka Pajączkowska, but also cross-media thematisations of the issue, such as the films Chłopi [Peasants] (2023, dir. DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman), Kos (2023, dir. Paweł Maślona) and the series 1670 (2023, dir. Maciej Buchwald and Konrad Kądziela). (more)

2/2024 — CFP extended

2024-06-03

We have decided to extend the deadline for submissions for the next issue of our journal: "Body and Corporeality – Representations and Discourses in Cultural Texts about Childhood and Adolescence." The new deadline is June 30. You can also submit papers to the "Varia" and "Reviews" sections.

CALL FOR PAPERS 2/2024

2024-01-31

We live in a reality where the body is not only a topic of discussion but also a space of tension. The media message about corporeality is ambivalent. On the one hand, we are flooded with images of fit bodies, filtered faces of influencers, and advertisements featuring models showcasing their youth and attractiveness. On the other hand, a seemingly appreciated body remains a taboo subject. Although mass popular culture is becoming more and more inclusive, we are still reluctant to talk about diseases, disabilities, old age, or complicated relationships with the body - essentially, about all bodies that do not fit into the generally accepted canon of beauty. Social movements such as body positivity and body neutrality are striving to challenge the status quo. (more)