The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics

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The Argentina Reader

History, Culture, Politics

Edited by: Gabriela Nouzeilles , Graciela Montaldo , Robin Kirk and Orin Starn

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2002

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Latin America in Translation

About this book

An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary materials never before published in English.

Author / Editor information

Gabriela Nouzeilles is Assistant Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University.

Graciela Montaldo is Professor of Languages and Literatures at the Universidad Simón Bolívar.

Reviews

“[It is] impossible to find a better introduction to the labyrinth, enigma, and delight that is Argentina, from the first sightings to the latest curses. Splendid and indispensable!”—Ariel Dorfman

“[T]he best introduction for English readers to [Argentina’s] history, culture, and society. . . . [T]his collection subtly conveys the admirable and loathsome qualities of a complicated and in many ways unfathomable society.”

-- Benjamin Schwarz Atlantic Monthly

"The Argentina Reader is the third title-following The Peru Reader and The Brazil Reader-in the excellent series sponsored by the Consortium in Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina and Duke University. . . . [A] very well crafted, well illustrated and consistently interesting volume. . . . [T]he volume reads effortlessly well, which speaks . . . of the skill of the translators, especially the main translator, Patricia Owen Steiner."

-- John King Journal of Latin American Studies

“[A] timely addition to Duke’s Latin America Readers series. . . .[P]rovide[s] a comprehensive view of this complex nation of some 37 million people. Recommended. . . .”

-- Library Journal

"This impressive collection of articles and documents introduces the reader to the enigma that is Argentina. . . . A richer and more eclectic overview of the country and its people would be hard to find."

-- Pushpinder Khaneka The Guardian

"Conveying the complex enigmatic contradiction that is Argentina in the pages of a book is accomplished in this installment of Duke’s 'Latin America Readers' series. . . . the editors provide ample context for any reader to appreciate Argentina’s rich culture and history. . . . From sports and arts to history and politics this is a welcome and timely addition to our understanding of Argentina."

-- Teo Ballvé NACLA Report on the Americas

"Wide-ranging. . . . [A]n excellent starting point for further reading. . . . [H]ighly recommended."

-- Rough Guide to Argentina

Topics

History Topics in History Global History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
General Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. At the Margins of the Empire
The Deeds of Elal. Anonymous Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
Going Wild Ulderico Schmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Monsters in Patagonia Antonio Pigafetta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
Women Captives Ruy Díaz de Guzmán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
The Jesuit Mission Father Strobel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	34
A Gaucho Sings the Victories of the Empire Juan Baltasar Maciel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
The First British Invasion Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
II.To Build a Nation
The Revolution Tulio Halperín Donghi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
The Landowners’ Petition Mariano Moreno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	66
The Good Citizen José de San Martín Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
Women in the Fatherland Juana Manuela Gorriti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
The Caudillo’s Order Juan Manuel de Rosas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Civilization or Barbarism? Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
Rosas and Washington Pedro de Angelis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
The Black Girl. Anonymous Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
Immigration as a Means of Progress Juan Bautista Alberdi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
III. Frontiers
The Slaughterhouse. Esteban Echeverría Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Wars of Extermination Charles Darwin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
The Triple Alliance Captain Francisco Seeber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
One Hundred Leagues of Trench Alfred Ebélot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Gauchos in and out of the State José Hernández Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
An Expedition to the Ranquel Indians Lucio V. Mansilla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	146
Letter to the President Manuel Namuncurá Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
IV. Splendor and Fin de Siècle
The Foundation of the National State David Viñas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
The Paris of South America James Scobie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	170
The Modern Crowd José María Ramos Mejía Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182
Making it in America Oreste Sola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
The Jewish Gauchos Alberto Gerchunoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
The Birth of Tango Simon Collier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
Bourgeois Snakes José Ingenieros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Argentina as Latin American Avant-Garde Rubén Darío Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	206
National Identity in a Cosmopolitan Society Leopoldo Lugones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
V. Modern Times
Simón Radowitzky Osvaldo Bayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
The Unión Cívica Radical David Rock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Poems to Be Read on a Trolley Car Oliverio Girondo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Modern Women Alfonsina Storni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	254
X-Ray of the Pampa Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Soccer and Popular Joy Roberto Arlt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
Cambalache Enrique Santos Discépolo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	266
VI. Populism and New Nationalism
Perón and the People Daniel James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269
Saint Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	296
Ramona’s Revenge Lino Palacio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	304
Funes, the Memorious Jorge Luis Borges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	306
Victorian Fathers Victoria Ocampo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	313
The Foreign Gaze Witold Gombrowicz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319
Village on the River Juan L. Ortiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	324
House Taken Over Julio Cortázar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	328
Operation Massacre Rodolfo Walsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	333
VII. Revolutionary Dreams
The Latin American Revolution According to ‘‘Che’’ Ernesto ‘‘Che’’ Guevara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	341
Are We All Neurotic?. Anonymous Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
Tucumán Is Burning María Teresa Gramuglio and Nicolás Rosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	358
The Cordobazo Agustín Tosco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	364
The Words of Silence Alejandra Pizarnik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	372
The Muleteer Atahualpa Yupanqui Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	375
Montoneros: Soldiers of Perón Richard Gillespie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	377
Antirevolutionary Peronism Juan Domingo Perón Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	386
VIII. State Violence
Modernization and Military Coups Guillermo O’Donnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	395
Artificial Respiration Ricardo Piglia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
The Madwomen at the Plaza de Mayo Hebe de Bonafini and Matilde Sánchez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	429
Never Again. National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	440
Still Harboring Juan Gelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	448
In a State of Memory Tununa Mercado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	450
Corpses Néstor Perlongher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	457
War in the South Atlantic Graciela Speranza and Fernando Cittadini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
IX. Democracy and Neoliberalism
Teaching the Republic Raúl Alfonsín Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	473
Living with Inflation Osvaldo Soriano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	481
Menem: A New Style in Politics Vicente Palermo and Marcos Novaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	487
The Journalist as the People’s Detective Horacio González Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	495
Roadblocks, Detours, and Crossroads Rodolfo Rabanal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	500
X. Argentina in the Age of Globalization: New Citizenships and the Politics of Memory
We Are All Cursed Javier Auyero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	505
Soccer and Masculinity Eduardo Archetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	519
Amerindian Rights. State Law of Indigenous Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	525
Feminist Awakenings Marcela Nari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	528
The Children of Death María Moreno and Marta Dillon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	538
Active Memory Laura Ginsberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	544
Infinity César Aira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	549
Postmodern Forgetfulness Beatriz Sarlo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	553
Suggestions for Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	557
Acknowledgment of Copyrights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	565
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	571

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

December 25, 2002

eBook ISBN:

9780822384182

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

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600

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43 b&w photos, 2 maps

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822384182

eBook ISBN: 9780822384182

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