Lee Libros Anarquistas y Seras un Hombre
Read anarchist books and you will be a man, by Cimine, 1937
We had a lot of discussion about whether to reproduce this poster or not, but at the end of the day, it was printed during the Spanish Revolution and Civil War, so it would be remiss, and potentially misleading, to just leave a well known poster out of the collection.
The Revolution and Civil War saw women play a crucial and often under-recognised role in both revolutionary struggles and the fight against fascism. Their participation was marked by radical activism, challenges to traditional gender roles, and efforts to achieve social and political emancipation. However, even within the left, trade unions, socialists, anarchists, and communists, women were expected by many of the men to remain at home or support the men.
The poster reinforces gender stereotypes in implicitly excluding women from enagement in the anarchist movement - although it could be argued that "...be a man" is a clumsy idiomatic expression for being strong or resolute - our interpretation is that it assumes the audience to be male and suggests that to be an anarchist it's necessary to be macho or 'manly'.
Cimine also produced another well known poster - Los Libros Anarquistas son Armas Contra el Fascismo - Anarchist Books are Weapons Against Fascism
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