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My research focuses on love practices, representations, and experiences of Chilean citizens between the years 1880 and 1940 in the city of Santiago. I am mainly interested in their emotions and private lives to understand how the emotional bond was built socially. Some of the questions that guide my research project are: How did the State regulate love; How did people describe the couple's love; What practices seem relevant to them as symbols of affective commitment; Among others.
I chose this period because in 1884, in Chile, lay laws were enacted. The State replaced the Catholic Church's role and began to regulate intimate relationships such as marriage, divorce, birth and death. This process of secularization impacted the private lives of citizens in different ways and how people understood their love relationships.
Awards | Grants | Scholarships | Funding
- Scholarship for PhD听BECAS CHILE - Call 2020
Publications
Books
- Fabregat Peredo, M. & Belmar Mac-Vicar, D. (2020). M谩s all谩 de la muerte. Recopilaci贸n de cartas y notas suicidas (Chile, 1870-1937). Buenos Aires: Prohistoria ediciones.
- Belmar Mac-Vicar, D. (2018). A nadie se culpe de mi muerte. Suicidios entre 1920 y 1940. Santiago y San Felipe. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Alberto Hurtado.
Articles
- Belmar Mac-Vicar, D. (2019). Reflexiones en torno a la historia de las emociones, la historia del听 tiempo presente y la experiencia. Revista de Historia y Geograf铆a. Universidad Cat贸lica Cardenal Silva, N掳 40, 63-81.
- Belmar Mac-Vicar, D. (2015). 鈥淢ire, Pap谩鈥� 鈥� Notas para un estudio microhist贸rico del suicidio en tiempos de crisis econ贸mica. El caso de Julio Antol铆n Alfaro, Santiago de Chile, 1930. Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos, Coloquios.
- Belmar Mac-Vicar, D. (2015). 鈥淒ame mi anillo o m谩tame鈥�. Suicidio y afectividad en registros judiciales de Santiago y de San Felipe, 1920-1937. Revista Historia y Justicia, N掳4, 103-137.
