Proposals in silence. An analysis of The Chaco War: My visit to the trenches and ditches of the veil (1935) by Laura Graciela de la Rosa Torres
Little has been written or represented in art about the work of women during the Chaco War. Although there are publications in the press written by women and some research carried out from the 1990s, there are few investigations that focus on particular and notable figures of this era. This work is...
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Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
2023
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| Sumario: | Little has been written or represented in art about the work of women during the Chaco War. Although there are publications in the press written by women and some research carried out from the 1990s, there are few investigations that focus on particular and notable figures of this era.
This work is focused on the literary and philanthropic work of Laura Graciela de la Rosa Torres. Laura de la Rosa was known for being the director of the magazine Feminiflor (1921-1923), however, after the magazine closed, she founded the Liga Filial de Oruro, which was one of the main philanthropic organizations during the war. With this organization, De la Rosa visited the trenches and later wrote La Guerra del Chaco. Mi visita a las trincheras y zanjas del velo (The Chaco War. My visit to the trenches and ditches of the veil) in 1935.
This paper intends to analyze Laura de la Rosa's book as a text that innovates in the literary form, because it is a hybrid text between the chronicle and essay genres. At the same time, the book will be analyzed as a text with new perspectives for the time, where there is an observation on the condition of the wounded, a solidarity approach with the Paraguayan prisoners, and, at the same time, new proposals and demands for the well-being of the soldiers. De la Rosa tells her own experience from a female perspective, from subjectivity and empathy. At the same time, the author generates innovative proposals that had not been taken into account, as well as makes visible the functions that women performed throughout the conflict. |
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