Scapegoat of the 1953 recession: Spanish bakers and migratory farmworkers
The first months of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency (1952-1958) were critical for coining a new image of the ruling party, pri, and effacing the image of a corrupt and wasteful government. A government-sponsored campaign against the rise of the cost of living was reinforced by a public morality crus...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70195 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://moderna.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehm/article/view/70195 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | panaderos braceros moral pública austeridad prensa 1953 Adolfo Ruiz Cortines bakers public morality austerity press |
| Sumario: | The first months of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency (1952-1958) were critical for coining a new image of the ruling party, pri, and effacing the image of a corrupt and wasteful government. A government-sponsored campaign against the rise of the cost of living was reinforced by a public morality crusade that resulted in a nationalist and excluding discourse. This article explores the relation between a muddled economic and political situation and the dissemination of a patriotic discourse targeting scapegoats. An examination of national and regional newspapers allows us to identify the cases of Spanish-origin bakers, who were considered as responsible for the rise of bread price, and migratory workers, whowere signaled as unpatriotic for leaving the Mexican fields. |
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