Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX

This article examines literary representations of squatter settlements or shantytowns (villas) in Buenos Aires city. The villa, which used to be a transitory stop for immigrants arriving at the city for a better life, is currently a permanent settlement. The place is a center of attention/attraction...

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Main Author:	María Gabriela Muñiz
Format:	article
Language:	EN FR PT
Published:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2009
Subjects:	city marginality poverty Shantytown Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a9d8a48fa5d441e79176a79abf5b81582021-12-02T10:33:04ZProtagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.57742https://doaj.org/article/a9d8a48fa5d441e79176a79abf5b81582009-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/57742https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This article examines literary representations of squatter settlements or shantytowns (villas) in Buenos Aires city. The villa, which used to be a transitory stop for immigrants arriving at the city for a better life, is currently a permanent settlement. The place is a center of attention/attraction because of the growing spectacularization in the media of violence, poverty and social marginality. The comparison of a novel from the fifties with recent texts shows a notable change in the importance given to the aesthetic form at the expense of its social content and denounciation. During the fifties the villa represented a social projection to the future, but in recent interpretations it is described aesthetically and contemplatively.María Gabriela MuñizCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticlecitymarginalitypovertyShantytownAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2009)
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spellingShingle	city marginality poverty Shantytown Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799 María Gabriela Muñiz Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
description	This article examines literary representations of squatter settlements or shantytowns (villas) in Buenos Aires city. The villa, which used to be a transitory stop for immigrants arriving at the city for a better life, is currently a permanent settlement. The place is a center of attention/attraction because of the growing spectacularization in the media of violence, poverty and social marginality. The comparison of a novel from the fifties with recent texts shows a notable change in the importance given to the aesthetic form at the expense of its social content and denounciation. During the fifties the villa represented a social projection to the future, but in recent interpretations it is described aesthetically and contemplatively.
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author	María Gabriela Muñiz
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title	Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
title_short	Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
title_full	Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
title_fullStr	Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
title_full_unstemmed	Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
title_sort	protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una buenos aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo xx
publisher	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
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Protagonismo villero: la nueva fisonomía de una Buenos Aires marginal en la segunda mitad del siglo XX

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