Hrvatska povijest na stranicama Politikina zabavnika`
CROATIAN HISTORY IN THE PAGES OF POLITIKIN ZABAVNIK

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with various themes in Croatian history written about in Politikin zabavnik from 1952 to 1991. The author is concerned with numerical indicators and analyses of the content of published articles. We can conclude that Politikin zabavnik dealt with subjects in Croatian history relatively often and usually in a positive fashion. The aim was to introduce readers to Croatian history, and thereby nourish broader Yugoslav patriotism and ‘brotherhood and unity.’ As was the case with all other historical contributions, the selection of themes was more or less random and depended on available material. In the majority of cases, the most interesting story line was the one that drew the attention of young (and not so young) readers. Therefore, in the majority of instances, such a plot contained discreet ideological messages. Just as in the case of other historical contributions, in Politikin zabavnik the texts could not lead one to a comprehensive picture of Croatian history, nor of its main characters. This, however, was not the aim of the magazine, which envisioned its purpose as that of supplementing the lessons the young learned in school.

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