Estudios de Teoría Literaria (Mar 2020)
A Reich in Plaza de Mayo? The Secretariat of War during the goverment of Guido through Tía Vicenta
Abstract
This article aims to analyze how, through satire and irony, Tía Vicenta magazine contributed to increase the media exposure of the war secretariat during the government of José María Guido. Throughout its years of publication, the magazine has favored to sowing the collective imagination with countless imprints on the subjects that made up the social network of Argentina in the 1960s. Among them, the military group stands out for its daily life and the authors contribute to marking its importance to all corners of political life. Through Landrú's gaze, the Armed Forces are coup plotters, monuments, garbage collectors and even nannies. During the “blue and red” complaint, in the Guido interregno, the figure of the secretary of war, Lieutenant General Benjamin Rattenbach, acquires a preeminence that motivates the authors to dedicate an editorial note and a cartoon on the first page. From the magazine the general blue seems an officer of the National Socialist regime and for his political participation, an extension of the German Reich on Argentine soil.
