“There should be no envy in science”. Politics, Pedagogy, and Visual Culture in 1950s Italian Children’s Periodicals
Journal title ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA
Author/s Giulio Argenio
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/305
Language Italian Pages 32 P. 17-48 File size 1484 KB
DOI 10.3280/IC2024-305002
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Through an analysis of the comics produced in the 1950s by children’s periodicals “Pioniere” and “Il Vittorioso”, this contribution reconstructs the creative visual practices of both Italian Communists and Catholics. This study explores the educational purposes of such practices and their role in performing identities. In particular, the author focuses on how the comics interpreted technological and scientifi c progress during the early phases of the Cold War. Thus, the article depicts illustrated weeklies as tools for cultural diplomacy and investigates the exchange between these print materials and the visual cultures of Italian political communication.
Keywords: comics, visual culture, Cold war, media history, mass culture, Children’s print magazines
Giulio Argenio, “Nella scienza non ci debbono essere invidie”. Politica, pedagogia e cultura visuale nei periodici italiani per l’infanzia degli anni Cinquanta in "ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA" 305/2024, pp 17-48, DOI: 10.3280/IC2024-305002