Scars on the soul. The emotional consequences of the belief experience of the Chilean fighters of the War of the Pacific (1879-1884)

Abstract

In some of the testimonies left by Chilean fighters of the Pacific War, which have been published since the end of the conflict to the present, the emotional consequences experienced by them and their companions during the war and the rest of their lives were captured. These consequences derive from
the fact that those who left an account of their experiences are part of the same emotional community. To be able to approach them, the studies on memory allow to recognize in the narrations of the combatants fragments, silences and forgetfulness.