Cinema in Memories of Women Viewers from Kraków. Oral History as a Methodology of Cinema and Spectatorship Cover Image

Wspomnienia krakowskich kinomanek. Historia mówiona jako metoda badania recepcji kina
Cinema in Memories of Women Viewers from Kraków. Oral History as a Methodology of Cinema and Spectatorship

Author(s): Paulina Haratyk
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: history of cinema; oral history; women viewers; spectatorship; local cinemas

Summary/Abstract: The main issue of the text is to examine several different methods of studies of women as spectators. The most accurate methodology seems to be a paradigm of oral history, combining methods of history, ethnological studies and sociology. The idea of research on women’s spectatorship is based on interpersonal contacts and interviews with women who have either knowledge or experience of film culture. There were several interviews that had taken place before writing the article, and each of them was given by a women living in Kraków for years. The collected material provided an interesting approach to the history of women as viewers and participants of film culture.

  • Issue Year: 21/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 316-327
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish