L'Humor polític durant la dictadura de Primo de Rivera

Abstract

Dictatorships typically deprive people of their freedoms and Primo de Riveras dictatorship was no exception, particularly in the Catalan sphere where the priority was to persecute any signs of Catalan identity. One of the reactions to this situation was popular political humour. Humour represents an outlet in the face of fear, censorship and disinformation. We have attempted to collect various examples of this humour, both through interviews carried out some time ago and through extracts from magazines, clandestine publications or flyers. We have also established the topics of choice: the royal family, the dictator, his private life, censorship, etc., at the same time as creating a brief anthology of them. Given citizens powerlessness against a military dictator, humour can be considered as an escape valve for feelings of indignation and injustice, and there was probably quite a lot of that in Catalonia, which had already enjoyed a long tradition of political humour.