Woman, body and adventure in Ada María Elflein’s travel narrative (La Prensa, 1913-1919)

Between 1913 and 1918 Ada María Elflein traveled as a correspondent of La Prensa to several Argentine provinces and wrote a series of travel stories in which nature is presented as wild, based on a sublime imaginary whose effects are tangible in the body of the narrator, in opposition to the bodies...

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Autor principal: Vicens, María
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Publicado: Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires) 2019
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spelling I28-R145-7341_oai2025-11-17 Vicens, María 2019-11-01 Between 1913 and 1918 Ada María Elflein traveled as a correspondent of La Prensa to several Argentine provinces and wrote a series of travel stories in which nature is presented as wild, based on a sublime imaginary whose effects are tangible in the body of the narrator, in opposition to the bodies of “the others” (representatives of nineteenth-century “barbarie”) which become picturesque and are thus assimilated as subjects of the nation. In this way, Elflein promotes these experiences to her public readership, massive and urban, and, at the same time, expresses through her writing the sensoriality of a modern feminine body that turns its experience outdoors into an adventure. Entre 1913 y 1918 Ada María Elflein viajó como corresponsal de La Prensa a varias provincias argentinas y escribió una serie de relatos de viaje en los que la naturaleza es retratada como un espacio salvaje, en función de un imaginario sublime cuyos efectos se evidencian en el cuerpo de quien narra, mientras que los cuerpos de “los otros” (representantes de la barbarie decimonónica) se vuelven pintorescos y son de este modo asimilados como sujetos de la patria. Así, Elflein promueve estas experiencias a su público lector, masivo y urbano, al mismo tiempo que plasma en su escritura la sensorialidad de un cuerpo femenino moderno que convierte su paso por la intemperie en una aventura. Entre 1913 e 1918, Ada María Elflein viajou como correspondente do jornal La Prensa por várias províncias argentinas e escreveu uma série de histórias de viagens nas quais a natureza é retratada como um espaço selvagem, baseado em um sublime imaginário cujos efeitos são evidentes no corpo que narra, enquanto os corpos dos “outros” (representantes da barbárie do século XIX) se tornam pitorescos e são assimilados dessa maneira como sujeitos da pátria. Assim, Elflein promove essas experiências em seu público leitor, massivo e urbano, ao mesmo tempo em que exprime em sua escrita a sensorialidade de um corpo feminino moderno que transforma sua passagem pela intempérie em uma aventura. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/zama/article/view/7341 10.34096/zama.a11.n11.7341 spa Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires) https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/zama/article/view/7341/6589 Zama; Vol. 11 No. 11 (2019); 47-58 Zama; Vol. 11 Núm. 11 (2019); 47-58 Zama; v. 11 n. 11 (2019); 47-58 2422-6017 1851-6866 Argentine literature women writers body public readership travel narrative literatura argentina escritoras cuerpo público lector relatos de viaje literatura argentina escritoras corpo público leitor histórias de viagem Woman, body and adventure in Ada María Elflein’s travel narrative (La Prensa, 1913-1919) Mujer, cuerpo y aventura en la narrativa de viaje de Ada María Elflein (La Prensa, 1913-1919) Mulher, corpo e aventura na narrativa de viagem de Ada María Elflein (La Prensa, 1913-1919) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=zama&d=7341_oai
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topic Argentine literature
women writers
body
public readership
travel narrative
literatura argentina
escritoras
cuerpo
público lector
relatos de viaje
literatura argentina
escritoras
corpo
público leitor
histórias de viagem
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women writers
body
public readership
travel narrative
literatura argentina
escritoras
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público lector
relatos de viaje
literatura argentina
escritoras
corpo
público leitor
histórias de viagem
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Woman, body and adventure in Ada María Elflein’s travel narrative (La Prensa, 1913-1919)
topic_facet Argentine literature
women writers
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escritoras
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público lector
relatos de viaje
literatura argentina
escritoras
corpo
público leitor
histórias de viagem
description Between 1913 and 1918 Ada María Elflein traveled as a correspondent of La Prensa to several Argentine provinces and wrote a series of travel stories in which nature is presented as wild, based on a sublime imaginary whose effects are tangible in the body of the narrator, in opposition to the bodies of “the others” (representatives of nineteenth-century “barbarie”) which become picturesque and are thus assimilated as subjects of the nation. In this way, Elflein promotes these experiences to her public readership, massive and urban, and, at the same time, expresses through her writing the sensoriality of a modern feminine body that turns its experience outdoors into an adventure.
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