Abstract

VEZZOSI, José Vicente. El Liberal newspaper and the origins of Peronism in Santiago del Estero (1945-1946). Trab. soc. [online]. 2014, n.22, pp.285-305. ISSN 1514-6871.

Recent research has revealed that in a context where the working class was weak, traditional local powers have been essential in the original configuration of Peronism. The extracentric interpretations have proved to be useful to discern the importance of historical actors of Santiago del Estero´s field of power in this constitutive process: conservative leaders, radical antipersonalists, the Catholic Church, and many sectors of the local oligarchy. But, did all corporate agents of Santiago del Estero´s field of power initially align with Peronism? In this paper we analyze the position taken by the main communication actor in the province: the newspaper El Liberal. We dig into old copies of that time trying to find their editorial line and the anti-Peronist enunciation in the Province. We can see that the actions and positions assumed by actors will not respond to a single logic, instead each case had to do with their interests, traditional ideological positions in the field, the careers of the agents, etc. The analysis of the role of the newspaper as a political actor will look deeper into the dynamics of the field of local power in the process of emergence of Peronism, in a moment of material and symbolic restructuring.

Keywords : Peronism; Press; Santiago del Estero; Discourse.

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