Puppen und Teddybären in österreichischen Kinderzeitschriften in unsicheren Zeiten

Susanne Blumesberger

Authors

Susanne Blumesberger University of Vienna

Keywords:

Austrian children‘s magazines, doll, teddy bear, child rearing

Abstract

The contribution addresses the questions if, and in which forms dolls and teddy bears are represented in magazines for children during times of political and economical instability. In 20th century Austria, such times not only include the two world wars, but also the periods between and the years following 1945. For the present study, selected examples taken from popular Austrian children‘s magazines were used. Although magazines for children were very popular during these periods with some having large distributions, a systematic exploration remains to be undertaken.

Author Biography

Susanne Blumesberger, University of Vienna

Mag., Dr.; Studies in Journalism and Communication Science/Germanic Studies at the University of Vienna. She has worked at the University Library of Vienna since 2007, as of July 2016, head of the department Phaidra - the digital long-term archiving system of the University of Vienna. 2015-2017 University course "Library and Information Studies" (MSc); lecturer at the University of Vienna for Children's and Youth Literature. Since 2013 Chairwoman of the Austrian Society for Children's and Young People's Literature Research (ÖG-KJLF); numerous contributions in domestic and foreign journals, publication of the "Handbuch der österreichischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorinnen. Two volumes. Vienna: Böhlau 2014 (open access available at: http://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:368988); co-editor of the journal "libri liberorum". Journal of the Austrian Society for Children's and Youth Literature Research.