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- Latin American Literature in Transition 1800–1870
- Latin American Literature in Transition
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1800–1870
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Aesthetics of Disorder
- Chapter 1 The Paraguayan War Imagined
- Chapter 2 Networks of New World Authority
- Chapter 3 Artisans and Affective Labor
- Chapter 4 Reading (in) the Streets
- Chapter 5 Publicity and Print Culture
- Chapter 6 Literature and Political Corruption
- Chapter 7 Emotions and Politics in the Era of Caudillos
- Part II Affective Communities
- Part III Intersectional Subjectivities
- Part IV Transoceanic Consciousness
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Emotions and Politics in the Era of Caudillos
from Part I - Aesthetics of Disorder
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 January 2023
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1800–1870
- Latin American Literature in Transition
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1800–1870
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Aesthetics of Disorder
- Chapter 1 The Paraguayan War Imagined
- Chapter 2 Networks of New World Authority
- Chapter 3 Artisans and Affective Labor
- Chapter 4 Reading (in) the Streets
- Chapter 5 Publicity and Print Culture
- Chapter 6 Literature and Political Corruption
- Chapter 7 Emotions and Politics in the Era of Caudillos
- Part II Affective Communities
- Part III Intersectional Subjectivities
- Part IV Transoceanic Consciousness
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter, I read the well-known letters exchanged by the main caudillo leaders of the Argentine Federation (Juan Manuel de Rosas, Estanislao López, and Juan Facundo Quiroga) in order to understand the role played by emotions – distrust, rage, friendly affection, and hatred – in defining the meaning of their struggle against the Unitario faction and in shaping their ideas about public opinion, political representation, and Federative government.
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- Latin American Literature in Transition 1800–1870 , pp. 114 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022