En la ciudad de los hombres solos: el viaje a Buenos Aires de Rosita Forbes (1932)

Abstract

In 1931, English writer Rosita Forbes travels to South America and visits,  besides  other  countries,  the  Argentinian  Republic.  The account  of  this travel, Eight republics in search of a future, gathers her impressions on political, economical and social aspects of the visited countries. In this article, I will analyze her observations on the relations between men and women in the city of Buenos Aires: according to Forbes, Buenos Aires belongs to men. Whereas they seem to dominate public spaces, women only find protection from street harassment in the private sphere, she argues. I consider that her travelogue provides an original lens for the study of sexual difference in a period poorly represented in travel literature on Argentina.