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Chapter 19 - War

from Part IV - Connectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2023

By
Sebastián Díaz-Duhalde
Edited by
Fernando Degiovanni  and
Javier Uriarte
Fernando Degiovanni
Affiliation:
City University of New York
Javier Uriarte
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University, State University of New York
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Summary

Between 1870 and 1930, wars in Latin America reveal an increase in the disproportion between political ends and technological innovation. They also show a continual professionalization of armies and soldiers as they attest to a conclusive appropriation of war as a state-sponsored practice and become acts of violence toward space, but only insofar as they are a key element in the production of capitalist space. The Chaco War (1932–1935) serves as a case study, for it exemplifies a critical moment in the history of state violence and capital accumulation. For Bolivia, it gave birth to a new generation of writers and a very distinct literary movement, as it also embodied a historical transition towards ecological imperialism and petroculture. For Paraguay, it was the end of a “national culture of defeat” originated at the end of the War of the Triple Alliance and meant the final territorial annexation of the Chaco Boreal and its resources.

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warChaco Warinternational rightsLatin American literaturelegal writingsBolivian Literature of the Chaco WarParaguayan literature
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Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930 , pp. 281 - 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • War
  • Edited by Fernando Degiovanni, City University of New York, Javier Uriarte, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
  • Book: Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930
  • Online publication: 14 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976367.020
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  • Edited by Fernando Degiovanni, City University of New York, Javier Uriarte, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
  • Book: Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930
  • Online publication: 14 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976367.020
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