Culture and Customs of Argentina

Culture and Customs of Argentina
Author: David William Foster
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1998-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313007705

Argentina, one of the most dynamic societies in Latin America, is known for its impressive level of cultural production. This examination of the social and cultural institutions of Argentine society contains a series of comprehensive and informative essays that focus on the most important forms of cultural production in terms of major works, major artists, and major venues. Students and interested readers will discover what is unique about Argentina's culture and customs in this thorough and engaging overview. The authors describe the issues that have dominated Argentine society and place everything in its proper context by including a chronology of major historic events. This volume also contains chapters on Religion, Social Customs, Broadcasting and Print Media, Cinema, Literature, Performing Arts, and Art (including Sculpture, Photography, Architecture, Painting).

Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture

Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture
Author: Diana Sorensen Goodrich
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0292727909

Domingo F. Sarmiento's classic 1845 essay Facundo, Civilizacion y Barbarie opened an inquiry into the nature of Argentinian culture that continues to the present day. In this elegantly written study, Diana Sorensen Goodrich explores the varied, and often conflicting, readings that Facundo has received since its publication and shows how these readings have contributed to the making and remaking of the Argentine nation and its culture. Goodrich's analysis sheds new light on the intersection between canon formation and nation-building. While much has been written about Facundo as a primary text in Latin American letters, this is the first study that locates it within the problematics of canon formation and the cultural, social, and political contexts in which conflicting interpretations are constructed. This new approach to Facundo illuminates the interactions among institutions, cultural ideologies, and political life. This book will be important reading for everyone interested in questions of national identity and the institutionalization of a national tradition.

Argentina and Her People of To-day

Argentina and Her People of To-day
Author: Nevin O. Winter
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2019-12-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Argentina and Her People of To-day" is a historical book written by Nevin O. Winter. It presents an account of the customs, tradition, culture, characteristics, amusements, history and advancement of the Argentinians, and the development and resources of their country, named by the Spaniards silvery or silver-like.

Who's Who in the World, 1995

Who's Who in the World, 1995
Author: Marquis Who's Who
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1590
Release: 1995-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780837911137

This single volume affords instant access to more than 35,000 individual biographies of the people whose activities are shaping today's world. Among those profiled are prominent government figures, high-ranking military officers, leaders of the largest corporations in each country, heads of religious organizations, pioneers in science & the arts & many more.

Argentina and Her People of To-Day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Argentinians, and the Devel

Argentina and Her People of To-Day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Argentinians, and the Devel
Author: Nevin O. Winter
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2018-02-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781378686324

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Argentina and Her People of To-Day; An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Argentinians, and the Development and Resources of Their Country

Argentina and Her People of To-Day; An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Argentinians, and the Development and Resources of Their Country
Author: Nevin Otto Winter
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2015-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781341496936

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Beyond Civilization and Barbarism

Beyond Civilization and Barbarism
Author: Brendan Lanctot
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1611485460

Beyond Civilization and Barbarism examines how various cultural forms promoted competing political projects in Argentina during the decades following independence from Spain. This turbulent period has long been characterized as a struggle between two irreconcilable forces: the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1829-1852) versus a dissident intellectual elite. Most famously, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento described the conflict in his canonical Facundo (1845) as a clash between civilization and barbarism, which has become a catchphrase for the experience of modernity throughout Latin America. Against the grain of this durable script, Beyond Civilization and Barbarism examines an extensive corpus to demonstrate how adversaries of the period used similar rhetorical strategies, appealed to the same basic political ideals of republican government, and were preoccupied with defining and interpellating the pueblo, or people. In other words, their collective struggle was fundamentally modern and waged on a mutually intelligible discursive terrain.