“¿Are we in New York or are we in Buenos Aires?” A debate between tango and jazz in Caras y Caretas magazine in the 1930s
During the interwar period, mass culture underwenta remarkable expansion in Argentina due to a socioeconomicand cultural framework that improved consumption possibilities.Such growth, to which foreign production also contributed,aroused concerns around national identity and the quality ofthe product...
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I15-R239-article-13672022-08-31T13:58:10Z “¿Are we in New York or are we in Buenos Aires?” A debate between tango and jazz in Caras y Caretas magazine in the 1930s “¿Estamos en Nueva York o estamos en Buenos Aires?” Un debate entre el tango y el jazz en Caras y Caretas en los años ‘30 Delpino, Gonzalo tango jazz período de entreguerras cultura de masas identidad tango jazz interwar period mass culture identity During the interwar period, mass culture underwenta remarkable expansion in Argentina due to a socioeconomicand cultural framework that improved consumption possibilities.Such growth, to which foreign production also contributed,aroused concerns around national identity and the quality ofthe products that represented it. In this article, we propose toanalyze a debate about these matters, which lasted for months onthe “letters to the editor” section of Caras y Caretas magazine.Its participants debated about jazz and tango, explaining thereasons why they favored one of these genres. erefore, weconsider that this controversy provides us a window into patternsthat guided contemporaries’ cultural consumption. Based onthe debate analysis, we will argue that, due to the contrastbetween imported and indigenous genres, readers shaped differentdefinitions of national identity and a distinction based on theirmusical preferences. Durante el período de entreguerras, la cultura de masasexperimentó una notable expansión en Argentina gracias a unmarco socioeconómico y cultural que mejoró las posibilidadesde consumo. Este crecimiento, al que también contribuyeronproducciones extranjeras, despertó inquietudes vinculadas a laidentidad nacional y a la calidad de los productos que larepresentaban. En este artículo proponemos analizar un debatereferido a estas cuestiones que se prolongó por meses en el correode lectores de una sección de la revista Caras y Caretas. Susparticipantes polemizaron sobre el jazz y el tango, exponiendo losmotivos por los cuales privilegiaban a alguno de estos géneros.Por ello, consideramos que esta controversia constituye unaventana a las pautas que guiaban los consumos culturales de loscontemporáneos. En base al análisis del debate, argumentaremosque, gracias al contraste entre géneros importados y autóctonos,los lectores dieron forma a diferentes definiciones de la identidadnacional y a una distinción fundada en sus preferencias musicales. ISHiR/CONICET 2022-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/zip https://web3.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/ojs/index.php/revistaISHIR/article/view/1367 10.35305/eishir.v12i33.1367 Estudios del ISHiR; Vol. 12 Núm. 33 (2022): Estudios del ISHIR Estudios del ISHiR; Vol. 12 No. 33 (2022): Estudios del ISHIR 2250-4397 spa https://web3.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/ojs/index.php/revistaISHIR/article/view/1367/2430 https://web3.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/ojs/index.php/revistaISHIR/article/view/1367/2431 https://web3.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/ojs/index.php/revistaISHIR/article/view/1367/2432 Derechos de autor 2022 Estudios del ISHiR http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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During the interwar period, mass culture underwenta remarkable expansion in Argentina due to a socioeconomicand cultural framework that improved consumption possibilities.Such growth, to which foreign production also contributed,aroused concerns around national identity and the quality ofthe products that represented it. In this article, we propose toanalyze a debate about these matters, which lasted for months onthe “letters to the editor” section of Caras y Caretas magazine.Its participants debated about jazz and tango, explaining thereasons why they favored one of these genres. erefore, weconsider that this controversy provides us a window into patternsthat guided contemporaries’ cultural consumption. Based onthe debate analysis, we will argue that, due to the contrastbetween imported and indigenous genres, readers shaped differentdefinitions of national identity and a distinction based on theirmusical preferences. |
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