El Secreto [screen print poster]
odd: label: General
content: AC0615-0000018.tif (AC Scan) 1997.3100.29 (Museum Cat. No.)
label: Exhibitions Note
content: In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.
name: label: Artist
content: Contreras, Jose Melendez
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
label: Collection Donor
content: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Family -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Paternity
label: Topic
content: Illegtimacy
label: Topic
content: Jealousy
label: Topic
content: Secrecy
label: Topic
content: Family secrets
label: Topic
content: Politics -- Puerto Rico
creator: label: Artist
content: Contreras, Jose Melendez
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
label: See more items in
content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Movies
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Poster (Ink on paper, 62 x 44 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970s
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Screen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- Puerto Rico
label: Genre/Form
content: Screen prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The dramatic image in the poster illustrates the dilemma of Ignacio, a sugarcane worker who has a child out of wedlock without his wife's knowledge. Catalina, Ignacio's wife, discovers his secret but takes in the child and raises her as their own. In the books, films and posters of DIVEDCO, emotions like love, fear, and jealousy were readily acknowledged as real forces that determine the relationships between individuals, their families, and communities. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)