WHAT DO THEY PORTRAY? GENDER MODELS IN CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS FROM THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

During the Spanish Second Republic, there were significant changes in women's roles and gender relations, in peace and in war. Specialist historiography has analysed these changes, emphasising the importance of considering the dual dynamics of changes-advances and limits-continuities. The purpose of this text is to analyse the gender models represented in the drawings made by boys and girls who were evacuated to the children's colonies in the Republican rearguard during the Spanish Civil War. These drawings serve as a primary form of expression and understanding for these minors. From a qualitative point of view, particular attention is paid to female models. To achieve this, we have selected a sample for interpretive analysis from California-San Diego, and Columbia University. The analysis is structured by classifying the drawings into three main categories: games, war and everyday life. The principal conclusion is that the children's drawings convey a message of limits-continuities, highlighting the differentiation of spheres, roles, and stereotypes based on the masculine or feminine gender of the figures depicted.