Sociabilidades en pugna: El impacto de la Guerra Civil Española en perspectiva asociativa. Rosario, Argentina

Abstract

The Spanish Civil War made a strong impact in the Argentine public sphere. Specially in a city like Rosario, with an important part of its population being immigrants, and with an active associative life based on ethnicity. In this context of ideologic polarization and confrontation, immigrant centers echoed the conflicts in Europe, and also the struggles and conflicts of interests in the local society. In this case we will analyze the experience of the Club Español de Rosario, renowned institution that gathered together a great part of the local dominant group of peninsular origin, from the description of its course during the war as well as in the articulation of social links that permitted the adhesion to or detraction from the war.

The Spanish Civil War made a strong impact in the Argentine public sphere. Specially in a city like Rosario, with an important part of its population being immigrants, and with an active associative life based on ethnicity. In this context of ideologic polarization and confrontation, immigrant centers echoed the conflicts in Europe, and also the struggles and conflicts of interests in the local society. In this case we will analyze the experience of the Club Español de Rosario, renowned institution that gathered together a great part of the local dominant group of peninsular origin, from the description of its course during the war as well as in the articulation of social links that permitted the adhesion to or detraction from the war.