Protestas, derechos y violencias en enero de 1919 en Argentina : una reflexión a partir del libro de viajes de Katherine Dreier y de la prensa
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2017
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Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales. Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Sociales Argentinos y Latinoamericanos
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El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en articular el examen de los procesos de construcción de derechos
civiles y laborales y los espacios de libertad femenina con las manifestaciones de conflictividad
obrera y represión estatal y para-estatal desarrollados en tiempos de la Semana Trágica. Para ellos
analizaremos voces tradicionalmente ignoradas en los estudios sobre esta temática como las de Katherine
Dreier, autora de un libro de viajes publicado en 1920, información que se complementará
con el estudio de otras fuentes, como la prensa periódica provincial, nacional y obrera. El artículo,
planteado desde un enfoque de historia social, comienza con el examen de los espacios de libertad
que --tal como sugiere Dreier-- se abrieron para las mujeres durante el desarrollo de la huelga general
de 1919. Continúa con una breve reconstrucción de la lucha para obtener el voto femenino y alcanzar
derechos civiles y laborales para las mujeres. Posteriormente, indaga la violencia que sufrieron algunas
comunidades de inmigrantes como la judía y la asistencia médica brindada a los heridos por la
dirigente socialista Alicia Moreau de Justo. Finalmente, con el propósito de descentrar, en un contexto
de preocupaciones e hilos en común, la mirada tradicionalmente situada en Buenos Aires, el artículo
revisa las repercusiones que alcanzaron los sucesos de la Semana Trágica en otras áreas del país,
como el noroeste argentino y, especialmente, en Tucumán, espacio provincial que carece de este tipo
de aproximaciones historiográficas
The aim of this paper is to articulate the crosscheck of the process of building civil and labor rights and spaces for women’s freedom together with the manifestations of labor unrest and state and parastate repression developed in times of the Tragic Week. For that, we will analyze voices traditionally ignored in studies on this subject such as Katherine Dreier’s, author of a travel book published in 1920, information which will be complemented with the study of other sources, such as the provincial, national and working press. The article raised from the perspective of social history, begins with an examination of the spaces of freedom --such as Dreier suggests –which were opened for women during the development of the general strike of 1919. It continues with a brief reconstruction of the struggle for women’s suffrage and achieves labor and civil rights for women. Then the article investigates the violence suffered by some immigrant communities such as the Jewish and medical assistance provided to those injured by the socialist leader Alicia Moreau de Justo. Finally, in order to decentralize, in a context of concerns and common threads, the look traditionally located in Buenos Aires, the article reviews the impact that reached the events of the Tragic Week in other areas of the country, as the Argentine northwest and especially in Tucuman, a provincial space that lacks this kind of historiographical approaches
The aim of this paper is to articulate the crosscheck of the process of building civil and labor rights and spaces for women’s freedom together with the manifestations of labor unrest and state and parastate repression developed in times of the Tragic Week. For that, we will analyze voices traditionally ignored in studies on this subject such as Katherine Dreier’s, author of a travel book published in 1920, information which will be complemented with the study of other sources, such as the provincial, national and working press. The article raised from the perspective of social history, begins with an examination of the spaces of freedom --such as Dreier suggests –which were opened for women during the development of the general strike of 1919. It continues with a brief reconstruction of the struggle for women’s suffrage and achieves labor and civil rights for women. Then the article investigates the violence suffered by some immigrant communities such as the Jewish and medical assistance provided to those injured by the socialist leader Alicia Moreau de Justo. Finally, in order to decentralize, in a context of concerns and common threads, the look traditionally located in Buenos Aires, the article reviews the impact that reached the events of the Tragic Week in other areas of the country, as the Argentine northwest and especially in Tucuman, a provincial space that lacks this kind of historiographical approaches
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Historia, Tucumán, Semana trágica, Violencia, Argentina, Mujeres, Judíos