Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's

The speeches emitted from the written press, related with the causes of the common crime have been insufficiently approached by the Cuban historiography, and this affirmation becomes more evident in the local plane. In this sense, this article intended to value the structuring of the reflections on...

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Main Author: Juana Marta León Iglesias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín 2016-01-01
Series:Historia y Sociedad
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/53787/54415
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description The speeches emitted from the written press, related with the causes of the common crime have been insufficiently approached by the Cuban historiography, and this affirmation becomes more evident in the local plane. In this sense, this article intended to value the structuring of the reflections on the etiology of the common crime in the city of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in the decade of 1950. This period is characterized by the perception by the local middle class, of the influence of the social and cultural modernization processes in the behavior of the residents. The analysis allowed understanding that the reflections on the crime, spread by the plane press, inculpated to the “modern” lifestyles as causes that impact in the deformation of the families and the society, for what it considered that the education was the main form of diminishing the common crime.
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spelling doaj.art-1504e66e858b46a8a98e78d20a34a29a2022-12-22T00:37:29ZengUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, sede MedellínHistoria y Sociedad0121-84172357-47202016-01-013026529010.15446/hys.n30.53787Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950'sJuana Marta León Iglesias0Universidad de Pinar del RíoThe speeches emitted from the written press, related with the causes of the common crime have been insufficiently approached by the Cuban historiography, and this affirmation becomes more evident in the local plane. In this sense, this article intended to value the structuring of the reflections on the etiology of the common crime in the city of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in the decade of 1950. This period is characterized by the perception by the local middle class, of the influence of the social and cultural modernization processes in the behavior of the residents. The analysis allowed understanding that the reflections on the crime, spread by the plane press, inculpated to the “modern” lifestyles as causes that impact in the deformation of the families and the society, for what it considered that the education was the main form of diminishing the common crime.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/53787/54415social historymodernizationsocial psychologycriminality
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Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's
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social history
modernization
social psychology
criminality
title Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's
title_full Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's
title_fullStr Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's
title_full_unstemmed Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's
title_short Searching for culprits: the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of Pinar del Río, Cuba, during the 1950's
title_sort searching for culprits the representation of the causes of common crime in the print media of the city of pinar del rio cuba during the 1950 s
topic social history
modernization
social psychology
criminality
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/53787/54415
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