Political caricature in the republican press: El Liberal, Heraldo de Madrid y La Voz (1931-1936)

Authors

  • Isabel María Martín Sánchez Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i26.1173

Keywords:

Political cartoon, II Republic, Spain, republican press, symbols, metaphors.

Abstract

The II Republic was a period of splendor of political caricature driven by the increase in graphic elements in the daily press as a means of attracting the public. In this stage  several generations of cartoonist of high-quality and creativity also converged. The republican press developed a visual discourse for propaganda purposes, based in the use of symbols and metaphors easily understandable to readers. The resources used in El Liberal, Heraldo de Madrid and La Voz were very varied and contributed to the creation of a proper image of the political representatives of the time that, in the case of Manuel Azaña, was even used as a comercial claim.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 09/04/2025

Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 3/05/2025

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Published

2025-09-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 26 (2025): Historia Constitucional N. 26 (2025)

Section

Iconography, symbols, and illustrations

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