“¿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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ISHiR/CONICET
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://web3.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/ojs/index.php/revistaISHIR/article/view/1367 |
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| Sumario: | 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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