Public Sphere and Gambling: from the meeting against Gambling to Legal Home Search. Press, Parliament and Police in Buenos Aires, (1901-1902)

  • Ana Victoria Cecchi Universidad de San Andrés
Keywords: Gambling, Public Sphere, Police, Legal Home Search, Repressive Laws

Abstract

On September the 29th, 1901, a meeting against gambling was held in Buenos Aires: about 5,000 people attended the Plaza de Mayo and demanded that the President of the Republic repressed games of chance in urban environments. This meeting against gambling provides grounds for an inquiry regarding the role the media plays in the organization of such events, which start as morality issues and provide evidence that not all initiatives that begin in the heart of the public opinion are meant to conquer a wider set of rights. Parliamentary discussions that arose from this meeting are also interesting since –after long months– they lead to the sanction, in 1902, of the Gambling Repression Law , which makes the raiding of private homes by police forces legal.

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Author Biography

Ana Victoria Cecchi, Universidad de San Andrés
Doctoranda en Historia, Universidad de San Andrés. Becaria Agencia FONCYT.
Published
2010-12-15
How to Cite
Cecchi, A. V. (2010). Public Sphere and Gambling: from the meeting against Gambling to Legal Home Search. Press, Parliament and Police in Buenos Aires, (1901-1902). Cuadernos De antropología Social, (32), 169-194. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i32.1433
Section
Espacio Abierto - Artículos Originales