Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”

This article proposes an unsual reading of the Gabriela Mistral’s poem “We were all to be Queens” (“Todas íbamos a ser reinas”) from the book Tala (1938) while trying to relate it to her preceding literary work Tenderness (1923) and to a collection of poems “Crazy Women” (“Locas mujeres”), published...

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Autor principal: Engler, Verónica
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Publicado: Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. UNR 2024
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Todas íbamos a ser reinas
Gabriela Mistral
máquinas de guerra
figuraciones femeninas
poesía latinoamericana
We were all to be Queens
war machine
female figures
Latin American poetry
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spelling I15-R214-article-3682024-12-17T13:55:54Z Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens” Rondas infantiles como máquinas de guerra y nuevas figuraciones femeninas: una lectura de la poesía “Todas íbamos a ser reinas” de Gabriela Mistral. Engler, Verónica Todas íbamos a ser reinas Gabriela Mistral máquinas de guerra figuraciones femeninas poesía latinoamericana We were all to be Queens Gabriela Mistral war machine female figures Latin American poetry This article proposes an unsual reading of the Gabriela Mistral’s poem “We were all to be Queens” (“Todas íbamos a ser reinas”) from the book Tala (1938) while trying to relate it to her preceding literary work Tenderness (1923) and to a collection of poems “Crazy Women” (“Locas mujeres”), published later in the anthology Lagar (1954). These connections between texts are helpful to depict a wide range of female figures that were advanced for the time that resist being read in a biographical way, as it has historically occurred with the work of this poet. In this way, the term of “war machine” (G. Deleuze and F. Guattari, 1980) is revealing to glimpse the political power of children's gatherings, which constitute a considerable proportion of Gabriel Mistral’s poetic production, in promoting new possible series of women self-representations.   Este artículo se propone realizar una lectura particular sobre la poesía “Todas íbamos a ser reinas” del libro Tala (1938), de Gabriela Mistral, poniendo en relación este texto con las rondas de su obra precedente, Ternura (1923), y con la serie de poesías “Locas mujeres”, que se publica posteriormente en la antología Lagar (1954). Estas conexiones entre textos resultan fructíferas para indagar un abanico de figuraciones femeninas inéditas para la época que se resisten a ser leídas en clave biográfica, como ha sucedido históricamente con la obra de esta poeta. De esta manera, el concepto de “máquinas de guerra” (G. Deleuze y F. Guattari, 1980) resulta revelador para vislumbrar la potencia política de las rondas infantiles, que constituyen una proporción considerable de la producción poética mistraliana, para impulsar una nueva serie posible de autorrepresentaciones para las mujeres.  Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. UNR 2024-12-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/368 10.35305/zf.vi32.368 Zona Franca; No. 32 (2024); 272-293 Zona Franca; Núm. 32 (2024); 272-293 Zona Franca; Núm. 32 (2024); 272-293 2545-6504 0329-8019 spa https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/368/409 https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/368/410 Derechos de autor 2024 Verónica Engler http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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topic Todas íbamos a ser reinas
Gabriela Mistral
máquinas de guerra
figuraciones femeninas
poesía latinoamericana
We were all to be Queens
Gabriela Mistral
war machine
female figures
Latin American poetry
spellingShingle Todas íbamos a ser reinas
Gabriela Mistral
máquinas de guerra
figuraciones femeninas
poesía latinoamericana
We were all to be Queens
Gabriela Mistral
war machine
female figures
Latin American poetry
Engler, Verónica
Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”
topic_facet Todas íbamos a ser reinas
Gabriela Mistral
máquinas de guerra
figuraciones femeninas
poesía latinoamericana
We were all to be Queens
Gabriela Mistral
war machine
female figures
Latin American poetry
author Engler, Verónica
author_facet Engler, Verónica
author_sort Engler, Verónica
title Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”
title_short Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”
title_full Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”
title_fullStr Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”
title_full_unstemmed Children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of Gabriela Mistral’s title “We were all to be Queens”
title_sort children's gathering as war machines and new female figures: a poetry reading of gabriela mistral’s title “we were all to be queens”
description This article proposes an unsual reading of the Gabriela Mistral’s poem “We were all to be Queens” (“Todas íbamos a ser reinas”) from the book Tala (1938) while trying to relate it to her preceding literary work Tenderness (1923) and to a collection of poems “Crazy Women” (“Locas mujeres”), published later in the anthology Lagar (1954). These connections between texts are helpful to depict a wide range of female figures that were advanced for the time that resist being read in a biographical way, as it has historically occurred with the work of this poet. In this way, the term of “war machine” (G. Deleuze and F. Guattari, 1980) is revealing to glimpse the political power of children's gatherings, which constitute a considerable proportion of Gabriel Mistral’s poetic production, in promoting new possible series of women self-representations.  
publisher Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. UNR
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