Republic symbols in humor pages: politics and illustrated press in Rio de Janeiro in the 1870’s

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Aristeu Machado
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Anos 90 (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/30805
• topic: Imprensa ilustrada; Simbologia republicana; Rio de Janeiro; Século XIX; História; Política; Illustrated press; Republican symbology; Rio de Janeiro; XIX Century

Illustrated periodicals in Rio de Janeiro gained prominence after the middle of the XIXth. Part of their success was due to their peculiar characteristics, in other words, in addition to make announcements, their purpose was also to make the reader laugh through humorous drawings.  On the other hand, foreigner artists have also contributed to develop and reinforce this type of press activities in Imperial Brazil. In all the subjects approached on its pages, the focus on politics stands out. Among these illustrations republican symbols emerged to address republican ideas transmitted by their supporters. The purpose of this article is to analyse relations among these symbols, republican political discussions and humor in the periodicals. In this moment, the focus is on one of the republican symbols – female allegories used by cartoonists in their illustrations.