La caroca andaluza o el ingenio humorístico acotado por el decoro. Lectura etnohistórica.

The “Pliegos de cordel” and the “carocas” became a traditional exhibit of the popular humor inthe XIX century, in the region of Andalucía (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 Andalucía, that is also known as “malafollá”.