Guerin Meschino

Not to be confused with Il Guerrin Meschino.

Guerin Meschino (Italian: The Shabby Guerin) was a weekly satirical magazine which existed in Milan between 1882 and 1949 with an interruption in the period 1925–1943. It had an anti-Fascist and leftist political stance which led to this long-term hiatus.

Guerin Meschino

Categories	Satirical magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Founder	Francesco Pazzo Giovanni Pozza
Founded	1882
Final issue	1949
Country	Italy
Based in	Milan
Language	Italian

History and profile

Guerin Meschino was started by Francesco and Giovanni Pozza in Milan in 1882.^[1][2] They were also the publishers of the magazine which appeared on a weekly basis.^[1] Italian architect Piero Portaluppi was among the cartoonists of Guerin Meschino.^[3] It ceased publication in 1925.^[1] Following the end of the Fascist rule it was restarted in 1943.^[1] During this second period Guerin Meschino displayed a moderate conservative approach.^[4] The magazine permanently folded in 1949.^[1]

References

1. Efharis Mascha (May 2010). "Contradiction and the Role of the 'Floating Signifier': Identity and the 'New Woman' in Italian Cartoons During Fascism". Journal of International Women's Studies. 11 (4): 132.
2. Robert Justin Goldstein (1989). Political Censorship of the Arts and the Press in Nineteenth-Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-349-20128-0.
3. Luca Cottini (Fall 2017). "Palazzeschi's "La passeggiata" and the Urban Miniatures of the Modern World". Italica. 94 (3): 504. JSTOR 44983604.
4. Dairo Pasquini (2020). "Longing for Purity: Fascism and Nazism in the Italian and German Satirical Press (1943/1945–1963)". European History Quarterly. 50 (3): 468. doi:10.1177/0265691420932251. S2CID 221015170.

External links

• Media related to Guerin Meschino at Wikimedia Commons