The not so Very Secret Obscenity of Every Day: The Fight versus “Offenses Against Moral Publics” in Magazines during the Cardenismo

This article analyzes the fight against “obscene” publications during the Lazaro Cárdenas' government through the judiciary processes against the editors of the magazines Caricatura, Vea and Forma, which used to publish images of half-naked or fully naked women and “spicy” short stories. In ord...

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Autor: Rojas Sosa, Odette María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
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/76726
Acceso en línea:https://moderna.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehm/article/view/76726
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:obscenidad
cuerpo
sexualidad
moral pública
cardenismo
obscenity
body
sexuality
public morality
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Sumario:This article analyzes the fight against “obscene” publications during the Lazaro Cárdenas' government through the judiciary processes against the editors of the magazines Caricatura, Vea and Forma, which used to publish images of half-naked or fully naked women and “spicy” short stories. In order to understand the reasons of these processes, the article examines the legal framework of the legal type “offenses against moral publics”, as well as the concepts of “obscenity” and “morality” expressed by the actors (accusers, editors, defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges) that participated in the criminal cases.