| Sumario: | This work analyzes, through the case studies of two weekly papers —La Patria Ilustrada and La Época Ilustrada—, how social issues were introduced into Mexico City newspaper cartoons between 1883 and 1896. The author describes how the presence of actors and situations related to phenomena such as poverty, social unrest, and problems concerning the lower classes started to form part of the universe of issues touched by cartoonists, coexisting with —sometimes even displacing— political issues, which had until then dominated the visual satire's arena. The exploratory paths followed in this work show how cartoons built a visual discourse regarding the social effects of capitalist and modernizing policies, and lead to the discussion of how social issues became part of Mexican cartoons.
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