Tytuł pozycji:
Functions of the Family – A Study Based on Women’s and Family Magazines of the Kingdom of Poland Published Between 1864 and 1914
The family plays a crucial role in a person’s life. All the functions of the family
are the source of both the aims the family tries to achieve and the tasks undertaken
to meet the needs of family members. A Polish family had a specific role during the period of the partitions of Poland. In that period the survival of the whole nation
depended on a properly performed function of the family. It was the magazines
targeted at women and families that undertook the task of making the society
aware of the role of the family. They pointed to the importance of its proper functioning
and warned against the consequences of various dysfunctions. Publicists of
women`s magazines wrote most often about the educational, caring, financial, and
sexual functions of the family.
Ewa Jurczyk-Romanowska