An indiscreet window: public and private space in La Chiva magazine

Authors

  • Claudio Aguilera
  • Hugo Hinojosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/eutopias.21.21270

Keywords:

La Chiva, comics, city.

Abstract

The end of the sixties marks a moment of deep changes in Chilean society. Added to the incipient process of political polarization, the city of Santiago begins to grow disproportionately, with no clear planning, and so does the overall number of the city’s population. At the same time, the process of uncontrolled urban development displaced entire communities, who were forced to gather in makeshift homes at the city’s outskirts, forming communities which proliferated in shanties on the vacant lands. In this context, the humor magazine La Chiva was founded in 1968 by four young Chilean cartoonists.  Through its different sections, such as «Santiago tal cual» or «De La Vega a Vitacura», the magazine became a detailed showcase of the city in transformation. The article will focus on an exploration of some of the most memorable stories, such as “Lo Chamullo” and, especially, “La Ventana indiscreta”, creations of the renowned local artist Hervi, which allow an acknowledgment of the innovative character of the artist’s work in the field of Chilean comics. The constant flirtation with formal exploration, the direct dialogue with social contingency, the interplay with the language of comics, and the city read as a comic strip, are some of the aspects discussed in the text. Likewise, in the light of recent research on the relationships between architecture and comics, the article also aims to account for the particularities of such series and to formulate a reading within the framework of the social, political, and urban context of the time, particularly in the city of Santiago de Chile. 

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Author Biographies

Claudio Aguilera

Claudio Aguilera is a Journalist who holds a BA from the Universidad de Chile and a Master’s degree in Books and Literature for Children and Young People from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). He is a curator, a researcher and a teacher specialized in the history of the illustrated book, illustration and comics. Author of the books Antología visual del libro ilustrado en Chile and Historieta chilena contemporánea (2006-2016) , and of several monographs on Chilean cartoonists, he is a board member of Fundación Palabra and of the organizing committee of “Dibujos que hablan”, as well as a member of the groups La Otra LIJ and RING, of the Cooperativa de Gráfica Chilena, and head of the Archivo de Láminas y Estampas de la Biblioteca Nacional.

Hugo Hinojosa

Hugo Hinojosa is a PhD candidate in Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CONICYT scholarship holder); Master in Didactics of Literature and Language, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación; BA in Hispanic Language and Literature, Universidad de Chile; BEd and State Professor in Spanish Language and Education, Universidad Andrés Bello. He is currently an academic in the degree in Basic Education at the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, coordinator and teacher of the Diploma in New Reading Practices at the same university, and of the Diploma in Theory, Editing and Creation of Children’s and Young People’s Literature at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Santiago. He is a member of the scientific committee of UNICOMIC (International Congress of University Studies on Comics), and of the advisory committee of the journal Neuróptica , University of Zaragoza. He is a founding member of RING (Network of researchers on graphic narrative in Latin America) and La otra LIJ.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Aguilera, C., & Hinojosa, H. (2021). An indiscreet window: public and private space in <em>La Chiva</em> magazine. EU-topías. A Journal on Interculturality, Communication, and European Studies, 21, 145–160. https://doi.org/10.7203/eutopias.21.21270
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