Book contents
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930
- Latin American Literature in Transition
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Commodities
- Part II Networks
- Part III Uprisings
- Part IV Connectors
- Chapter 16 Money
- Chapter 17 Bodies
- Chapter 18 Travel
- Chapter 19 War
- Chapter 20 Science
- Chapter 21 Visual Technologies
- Part V Cities
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - War
from Part IV - Connectors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2023
Book contents
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930
- Latin American Literature in Transition
- Latin American Literature in Transition 1870–1930
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Commodities
- Part II Networks
- Part III Uprisings
- Part IV Connectors
- Chapter 16 Money
- Chapter 17 Bodies
- Chapter 18 Travel
- Chapter 19 War
- Chapter 20 Science
- Chapter 21 Visual Technologies
- Part V Cities
- Index
- References
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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