Crisis and political imbalance during the Fujimori regime. The role of political caricature. 1998-2000

Infante Yupanqui C.R. · Desde el Sur (2024) · DOI: 10.21142/des-1601-2024-0014

Resumen

This article examines the role of Peruvian political caricature during the crisis of the Fujimori administration (1998-2000). The research also develops an approach to the connections between caricature and power. This rea-ding, which links macro and micro sociology, is made from the processes of political imbalance of the Fujimori regi-me, a process that marked, at the same time, a moment of inflection within the political sphere and that reached the caricature, both officious and opposition. Following a qualitative approach with an interpretative perspective, the analysis includes a contextual reading of some carica-tures by important Peruvian graphic humorists. As a result, we find that the opposition caricature played a critical role, characterized by the development of its erosive capacity; the same did not happen with the officious caricature that leaned towards a more functional role to the hegemonic power.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga