%0 Journal Article %T La caroca andaluza o el ingenio humor¨ªstico acotado por el decoro. Lectura etnohist¨®rica. %A Jos¨¦ Antonio Gonz¨¢lez Alcantud %J AIBR : Revista de Antropolog¨ªa Iberoamericana %D 2008 %I Antrop¨®logos Iberoamericanos en Red (AIBR) %X The ¡°Pliegos de cordel¡± and the ¡°carocas¡± became a traditional exhibit of the popular humor inthe XIX century, in the region of Andaluc¨ªa (Spain). Their symbolic effectiveness had spreadout as a reflection of current affairs, historical narrations and religious myths. This text is anethno historical sample of these elements; as a satiric vehicle of political, religious and socialdebate, and also revives the way in which they are currently used. They were censuredduring the dictatorship periods and they become a feature of good taste but also of blackhumor in Andaluc¨ªa, that is also known as ¡°malafoll¨¢¡±. %K Caroca %K pliego de cordel %K humor %K good taste %K malafoll¨¢ %U http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/03v01/criticos/030101.pdf