This essay analyses the transformation of the role of women in war according to three representations of the figure of the mother. First, in the outset of the Russian Revolutíon (The Mother). Second, during the Spanish civil war (Senora Carrar's Rifles), and finally, in the context of the Thirty Years War in Europe in the seventeenth century (Mother Courage and her Children). Mother Courage and her Children shows more complexity due to the counterpoint between Kattrin, the main character, and Ivette, the prostitute. The resulting anthropology evidences strong antiaristotelian affiliation in the representation of women, who are the center of the family unit, and who are, among other things, active, negotiating, communicative, autonomous, and participate in debates.... [Leer más...]