Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905

In 1905, inside the Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile, Eduardo Undurraga murdered his ex-wife, Teresa Zañartu. Years of marriage problems resulting in their subsequent divorce led to a transgression to the social order that could not be contained within their family, thus culminating in a crime...

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Autor principal: Jeniffer Cerón Sandoval
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:90a6c4c37c2e452bad1fb86c35abd38f2021-12-02T10:30:57ZEscándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 19051626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.72233https://doaj.org/article/90a6c4c37c2e452bad1fb86c35abd38f2018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/72233https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252In 1905, inside the Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile, Eduardo Undurraga murdered his ex-wife, Teresa Zañartu. Years of marriage problems resulting in their subsequent divorce led to a transgression to the social order that could not be contained within their family, thus culminating in a crime perpetrated before the eyes of Santiago’s elite. Through the study of this case, this text analyzes the crossings of scandals from the private sphere into public space. The relevance of the case activates diverse mechanisms for scandal administration, such as the guarding of family’s intimacy from the public knowledge, publications in the press, and access to formal justice, all while trying to claim the honor and reputation of Zañartu and Undurraga. Finally, the analysis of this case allows us to understand the forms of vindication of the public image of the Santiago elite’s because the murder put in check the values promoted by them at the beginning of 20th century.Jeniffer Cerón SandovalCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleChilescandalcrimeinsanityeliteAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2018)
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FR
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topic Chile
scandal
crime
insanity
elite
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Chile
scandal
crime
insanity
elite
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Jeniffer Cerón Sandoval
Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905
description In 1905, inside the Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile, Eduardo Undurraga murdered his ex-wife, Teresa Zañartu. Years of marriage problems resulting in their subsequent divorce led to a transgression to the social order that could not be contained within their family, thus culminating in a crime perpetrated before the eyes of Santiago’s elite. Through the study of this case, this text analyzes the crossings of scandals from the private sphere into public space. The relevance of the case activates diverse mechanisms for scandal administration, such as the guarding of family’s intimacy from the public knowledge, publications in the press, and access to formal justice, all while trying to claim the honor and reputation of Zañartu and Undurraga. Finally, the analysis of this case allows us to understand the forms of vindication of the public image of the Santiago elite’s because the murder put in check the values promoted by them at the beginning of 20th century.
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title Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905
title_short Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905
title_full Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905
title_fullStr Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905
title_full_unstemmed Escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de Teresa Zañartu, 1905
title_sort escándalo y locura en la élite chilena: el asesinato de teresa zañartu, 1905
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2018
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