Familia, raza y propiedad. Miradas románticas del paisaje del exilio en La familia del Comendador de Juana Manso

In 1854, a novel by Juana Manso was published in Buenos Aires, but it received little subsequent circulation until recent editions in recent years. It was La familia del Comendador, originally published in Portuguese, first in Rio de Janeiro, then in Buenos Aires. The work offers a questioning look at social ties, land ownership, and the colonialism still prevalent in the Americas, from an egalitarian, secular, feminist, and romantic perspective. We will develop this proposal by aligning the novel with other literary and visual repertoires of its time and exploring its resonance with current narratives that —as J. Manso did in this novel— imagine utopian solutions to the conflicts that progressive ideals bring with them in the Americas.