Evenings of Teaching and Parish: The indoctrination of girls by means of the magazines Bazar and Tin Tan during Franco's dictatorship in Spain (1947-1957)
The Feminine Section and Catholic Action carried out similar work related to training as well as social and health care. The former was more political in its focus while the latter was more religious. From the very beginning both organizations created their own periodic publications, which were either internal if aimed at leaders and active members and external, if they were to be read by the general public. While the former served to train and define its own members, the newspapers and magazines for the masses were used to project their political or religious ideals and to try to recruit new followers. We will concentrate on two of them which were aimed at a young female readership: Bazar, which was published by the Feminine Section and Tin Tan, which was published by Catholic Action.La presencia de la mujer fuera de la esfera privada durante el primer franquismo se redujo a dos entornos concretos: la militancia en la Sección Femenina y la pertenencia a asociaciones de signo religioso, dentro de las cuales destacó la rama femenina de Acción Católica. Sección Femenina y Acción Católica realizaron labores similares relacionadas con la formación y la asistencia socio-sanitaria, predominando el componente político en la primera y el religioso en la segunda. Desde el primer momento, ambas organizaciones generaron sus propias publicaciones periódicas pudiendo ser internas, si se dirigían a los dirigentes y militantes, y externas o dedicadas al público general. Mientras que las primeras sirvieron para formar y encuadrar a sus propios miembros, los periódicos o revistas de masas se destinaron a proyectar sus ideales políticos o religiosos e intentar captar a nuevos seguidores. Nosotros nos fijaremos en dos de ellas destinadas al público infantil femenino: Bazar, publicada por Sección Femenina, y Tin Tan por Acción Católica
