Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)

During the last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, Falucho, an Afro-descendant soldier and martyr of the Andes Army, was one of the Argentine’s most honored military heroes. In 1897 a statue in Buenos Aires was erected and the citizens massively congregated at its...

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Autores principales: Geler, Lea, Ghidoli, María de Lourdes
Formato: Artículo revista
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Publicado: Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2019
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afro-Argentines
race
class
gender
representations
nation
afroargentinos
raza
clase
género
nación
representaciones.
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v16a20a01
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spelling I15-R237-article-9442020-12-06T00:05:45Z Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930) Falucho, paradojas de un héroe negro en una nación blanca. Raza, clase y género en Argentina (1875-1930) Geler, Lea Ghidoli, María de Lourdes afro-Argentines race class gender representations nation afroargentinos raza clase género nación representaciones. During the last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, Falucho, an Afro-descendant soldier and martyr of the Andes Army, was one of the Argentine’s most honored military heroes. In 1897 a statue in Buenos Aires was erected and the citizens massively congregated at its feet. Nevertheless, in spite of popular adoration, throughout the 20th century his figure would become unknown. At present, few Argentines recognize his name. Taking into consideration a broad historical period -late 19th century and first half of the 20th century-, we propose to focus on the trajectory of the Falucho’s figure in order to unravel some of the meanings given to racial differences in Argentina through time, and how the state traced its particular political economy with a racial, gender and class bias, creating representations that were reproduced by the population. We also aim to show how Afro-Argentines fought and discussed the forms of their inclusion in the nation, bearing in mind that the figure of Falucho was in fact promoted by Afro-descendant intellectuals. Durante las últimas décadas del siglo XIX y las primeras del siglo XX, Falucho, un soldado afrodescendiente mártir del Ejército de los Andes, era uno de los héroes militares más honrados por el pueblo argentino. En 1897, se le erigió una estatua en Buenos Aires a cuyos pies la ciudadanía se congregaba masivamente. Sin embargo, a pesar de la adoración popular, a lo largo del siglo XX su figura se haría desconocida. Al presente, pocos argentinos reconocen su nombre. Tomando en consideración un período histórico amplio –fines del siglo XIX y primera mitad del siglo XX–, en este trabajo proponemos centrarnos en la trayectoria de la figura de Falucho para desentramar algunos de los sentidos que se le otorgó a lo afro y a lo “negro” en la Argentina a través del tiempo, y cómo el Estado fue trazando su particular economía política racial, de género y de clase, creando representaciones que fueron reproducidas y recirculadas por toda la población. Este recorrido mostrará, además, cómo los afroargentinos luchaban y discutían las formas de su inclusión en la nación, teniendo en cuenta que la figura de Falucho fue promovida por intelectuales afrodescendientes. Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2019-06-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v16a20a01 10.35305/ac.v16i20.944 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 16 No. 20 (2019): Junio; 1-27 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 16 Núm. 20 (2019): Junio; 1-27 2422-6580 1514-3899 spa https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v16a20a01/1036 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v16a20a01/1049 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v16a20a01/1051
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topic afro-Argentines
race
class
gender
representations
nation
afroargentinos
raza
clase
género
nación
representaciones.
spellingShingle afro-Argentines
race
class
gender
representations
nation
afroargentinos
raza
clase
género
nación
representaciones.
Geler, Lea
Ghidoli, María de Lourdes
Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)
topic_facet afro-Argentines
race
class
gender
representations
nation
afroargentinos
raza
clase
género
nación
representaciones.
author Geler, Lea
Ghidoli, María de Lourdes
author_facet Geler, Lea
Ghidoli, María de Lourdes
author_sort Geler, Lea
title Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)
title_short Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)
title_full Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)
title_fullStr Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)
title_full_unstemmed Falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. Race, class and gender in Argentina (1875-1930)
title_sort falucho, paradoxes of a “black hero” of a “white nation”. race, class and gender in argentina (1875-1930)
description During the last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, Falucho, an Afro-descendant soldier and martyr of the Andes Army, was one of the Argentine’s most honored military heroes. In 1897 a statue in Buenos Aires was erected and the citizens massively congregated at its feet. Nevertheless, in spite of popular adoration, throughout the 20th century his figure would become unknown. At present, few Argentines recognize his name. Taking into consideration a broad historical period -late 19th century and first half of the 20th century-, we propose to focus on the trajectory of the Falucho’s figure in order to unravel some of the meanings given to racial differences in Argentina through time, and how the state traced its particular political economy with a racial, gender and class bias, creating representations that were reproduced by the population. We also aim to show how Afro-Argentines fought and discussed the forms of their inclusion in the nation, bearing in mind that the figure of Falucho was in fact promoted by Afro-descendant intellectuals.
publisher Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
publishDate 2019
url https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v16a20a01
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