El trabajo callejero infantil en San José, Costa Rica, 1953-1978
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Izquierdo Vázquez, Carlos
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El artículo busca analizar los discursos en la prensa escrita acerca de los trabajos
infantiles en las vías públicas de San José, en el marco de la expansión urbana.
Se demuestra que predominaron los hombres, la venta de diversos servicios
y la clasificación de los niños a partir de diversas categorías laborales, que
simultáneamente, sirvieron para juzgarlos moralmente. Aunque generalmente se
legitimaba su disciplina laboral, también hubo críticas hacia sus actividades de
ocio, sus comportamientos públicos, y sus transgresiones. Se consideraba que
muchos de estos niños podían caer en la vagancia y en la mendicidad.
This paper seeks to analyze the discourses in the written press about child labor on the public roads of San José, within the framework of urban expansion. It demonstrates that men predominated, the sale of various services and the classification of children from various job categories, which simultaneosly, served to judge them morally. Although their labor discipline was generally legitimized, there were also criticisms of their leisure activities, their public behaviors and their transgressions. It was considered that many of these children could fall into vagrancy and begging.
This paper seeks to analyze the discourses in the written press about child labor on the public roads of San José, within the framework of urban expansion. It demonstrates that men predominated, the sale of various services and the classification of children from various job categories, which simultaneosly, served to judge them morally. Although their labor discipline was generally legitimized, there were also criticisms of their leisure activities, their public behaviors and their transgressions. It was considered that many of these children could fall into vagrancy and begging.
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Pobreza, Espacio urbano, Infancia, Sector terciario, Delincuencia, Vagancia, Poverty, Urban space, Childhood, Third service, Delinquency, Vagrancy