Gaucho costumes and gauchesque ensambles, indians and cocoliches in the Buenos Aires carnival, c. 1855-1910
This article presents a contribution to our understanding of criollismo in the context of carnival celebrations in the city of Buenos Aires in the second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The diverse gauchesque plays and representations performed in carnival at that time are analy...
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Grupo Prohistoria
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1701 |
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| Sumario: | This article presents a contribution to our understanding of criollismo in the context of carnival celebrations in the city of Buenos Aires in the second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The diverse gauchesque plays and representations performed in carnival at that time are analyzed, including gaucho costumes and ensembles, songs and dances, and other forms for re-enactment of criollo rural life. Other two ethic characters –the “cocoliches” and fake Indians–, often sharing such performances with the gauchos, are also studied. The investigation concludes that, far from contributing to conservative, nationalist agendas and to the whitening discourses often related to the official gaucho cult, carnival gauchesque performances must be analyzed as part of popular criollismo, as they presented dissident visions and narratives of the nation and restored non-whiteness as part of Argentina. |
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