War

doi:10.1017/9781108976367.020

Chapter 19 - War

from Part IV - Connectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2023

Sebastián Díaz-Duhalde

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Fernando Degiovanni and

Javier Uriarte

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Fernando Degiovanni: Affiliation:
City University of New York
Javier Uriarte: Affiliation:
Stony Brook University, State University of New York

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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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war Chaco War international rights Latin American literature legal writings Bolivian Literature of the Chaco War Paraguayan literature

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Information: Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930 , pp. 281 - 292

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976367.020 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2022

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