{"id":116,"date":"2020-08-11T11:11:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/?p=116"},"modified":"2020-08-11T14:53:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T18:53:07","slug":"in-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/2020\/08\/in-context\/","title":{"rendered":"In Context (Text Panel)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada worked during a time of political unrest. France occupied Mexico from 1861 until 1867. Following the presidencies of Benito Ju\u00e1rez and Sebasti\u00e1n Lerdo de Tejada, General Porfirio D\u00edaz succeeded following two revolts. D\u00edaz\u2019s presidency (1877-1880, 1884-1911) and European influence, particularly French, contributed greatly to class division and a breakdown in identity.&nbsp;<br><br>The modernization of Mexico under D\u00edaz brought forth a capitalist, commodity-producing economy. These transformations, along with a repressive government and unchecked wealth of the elite, led to rising tension between social classes. The <em>calaveras<\/em> (skeletons) became a symbol for mocking the <em>garbanceros<\/em>, the elite who imitated European fashion and behavior. This appealed to Arroyo and Posada\u2019s primary audience\u2013the urban lower-class.&nbsp;<br><br>Faith and the Church were important to the lower socio-economic populace. Many religious illustrations connected people of the day with Christ and the Virgin Mary on a personal level. This concept was likely inspired by similar European images that were introduced to Mexico in the 19th century.&nbsp;<br><br>The rise of class distinction had a profound effect on society and a rise in crime and death. Arroyo and Posada took advantage of this seedier side of life and sensationalized stories to offer entertainment and perspectives on morality in troubling times. Many broadsides feature fictional accounts of true events, evolving into mocking obituaries of people still living.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada worked during a time of political unrest. France occupied Mexico from 1861 until 1867. Following the presidencies of Benito Ju\u00e1rez and Sebasti\u00e1n <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/2020\/08\/in-context\/\" title=\"In Context (Text Panel)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1660,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/posada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}