IN
THE 60S, QUINO SHAPED THE MIDDLE CLASS OF OUR COUNTRY IN A
COMIC: MAFALDA .
SINCE THEN, THIS WITTY AND BITING GIRL HAS BEEN PART OF THE LIFE OF
ALL ARGENTINES.
WHO
IS? MAFALDA
EN
A PRESS STRIP, DEVELOPED BY THE ARGENTINE ARTIST QUINO BETWEEN
1964 AND 1973. LA
CARTOON IS NAMED AFTER ITS PROTAGONIST: A WORRIED GIRL
FOR HUMANITY AND WORLD PEACE, WHICH IS REBELLING AGAINST THE WORLD THAT
IMPOSED ON HIM BY HIS ELDERS. REFLECTION
OF THE LATIN AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS AND PROGRESSIVE YOUTH,
MAFALDA
CRITICIZE
TO THE SOCIETY OF HIS TIME THROUGH HUMOR. ITS OCCURRENCES AND
QUESTIONS QUESTION THE ESTABLISHED ORDER AND SEEK TO GIVE BIRTH TO A
NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD.
HIS
UNIVERSE. MAFALDA
WAS BORN INTO A MIDDLE-CLASS TYPE FAMILY FROM THE 60S AND,
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STRIP, HE IS 4 YEARS OLD AND IS ABOUT TO
ENTER KINDERGARTEN. STAUNCH ACTIVIST AGAINST THE
SOUP AND IN FAVOR OF PANCAKES, IT CONSTANTLY BOTHERS
ADULTS WITH THEIR QUESTIONS. HE DEFENDS THE SOCIAL PROGRESS OF
WOMAN AND EMBODIES THE IDEALS AND UTOPIA GENERATED BY A WORLD
IN CRISIS. HER FATHER IS A TYPICAL OFFICE WORKER, FOND OF
HOUSEPLANTS, AND HER MOTHER, A HOUSEWIFE WHO ABANDONED HER
UNIVERSITY CAREER IN PURSUIT OF CARING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. EACH OF THEIR
FRIENDS SYMBOLIZES A SOCIAL ACTOR OF THE TIME. THE RESULT: A
PERFECT PICTURE OF THE ARGENTINE SOCIETY OF HIS TIME AND A CRITIC
SHARP AND SHREWD TO PRESET BEHAVIORS THAT OPPRESS US.
HIS
IDEAS. "STOP
TO THE WORLD, I WANT TO GO DOWN "MAFALDA SHOUTS AT US WHILE LOOKING,
ENGROSSED, A GLOBE. HIS PHRASES LEFT THEIR MARK ON ALL
ARGENTINES AND, THEREFORE, THE STREETS OF BUENOS AIRES PAY HOMAGE TO HIM:
AN IMPOSING SCULPTURE THAT ADORNS A CORNER OF SAN TELMO (CHILE
AND DEFENSE), MURALS IN THE SUB STATIONS PERU AND CATHEDRAL AND A
PLAZA THAT BEARS HIS NAME IN THE COLEGIALES NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SOME OF
THE GIFTS WE GIVE QUINO FOR MAKING US LAUGH AND THINK THAT HE
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
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GET TO KNOW THE PLACES WHERE MAFALDA IS WITH THE TANGOL EXCURSIONS. & NBSP;