Radicality of Utopia. Female Friendship and Alternative Relationship Concepts in the Argentinian Anarchist Women’s Movement

Abstract

This article deals with alternative relationship models developed by the anarchist women’s movement in Argentina. It focuses in particular on the newspaper "La Voz de la Mujer", which appeared in nine issues from 1896 to 1897. The paper provided a platform for anarchist women writers and activists to present alternatives to marriage and to take a stand on the ideas of free love, sisterhood and female friendship. Within a broader analysis of journalistic, academic and fictional texts, the article examines the newspaper’s contributions for their utopian, creative and speculative character. It explores their radical conceptualisations of political, social and familial relationships and the extent to which these differ from conventional models designed by state structures.