Cartoons of the nurse image in the illustrated press from 1920 to 1931

Abstract

The study has as its object the representation of the nurse's image with its attributes
through cartoons in scenes of care published in the Revista Fon-Fon (1920-1931). Objective:
to identify cartoons by the content of representations of nurses in the illustrated press;
to analyze the circumstances of its broadcasting about the nurses in the cartoons; and
to comment on the representations as symbolic elements for the construction of the
public image of the nurse. Method: mastery of the history of visual culture through
the search for nurse cartoons in the Revista Fon-Fon. These cartoons were analyzed
by analysis matrix. Result: the search resulted in three images dated 1921, 1929 and
1931 which, after analysis, allowed identifying the circumscription of the context of the
Sanitary Reform led by Carlos Chagas. Conclusion: the nurses' representations in the
cartoons were the main elements for the socio-political and sanitary aspects.