Luis Alberto Mansilla, autodidacta

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

El general José Esdrillo le escribió al Coronel Álvaro J. de Alsogaray en diciembre de 1868 que se podía dar por concluida la guerra porque solo quedaban “muchachos, viejos y hasta enfermos”. Los aliados ya habían tomado Asunción, pero el conflicto continuó. La batalla de Acosta Ñu del 16 de agosto de 1869 fue tristemente conocida: al menos 2.000 paraguayos, en su mayoría niños y pre adolescentes, murieron en pocas horas. Habían peleado contra 20.000 soldados aliados adultos, de los cuales solo murieron 26. La “Guerra del Paraguay” o “Guerra de la Triple Alianza” tuvo...

Amor y desamor, enfermedad y curación, maternidad y deseo son los hilos conductores que cruzan los relatos de este libro. En sus páginas, la historia de las emociones, el cuerpo y el individuo moderno muestran la complejidad y la diversidad de la construcción y experiencia de la femineidad en un reino americano, mestizo y barroco como fue la Nueva España.