Abstract

ROJAS SOSA, Odette María. The not so Very Secret Obscenity of Every Day. The Fight versus “Offenses Against Moral Publics” in Magazines during the Cardenismo. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2021, n.62, pp.151-181.  Epub May 16, 2022. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2021.62.76726.

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.

Keywords : obscenity; body; sexuality; public morality; cardenismo.