The New Man in Spanish American Essay and Literature at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century

This paper aims to show how the “New Man” was defined in different literary and political conceptions that abounded in Spanish American culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Although both Americas were perceived through the stereotype of newness from the very beginning of the colonial e...

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Autor principal:	Nina Pluta
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2020
Materias:	New Man Spanish American essay in 19th and 20th century Spanish American Cultural Indentity utopia Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c2df4391b75b49a0adea3ccae13570f72021-11-27T13:12:35ZThe New Man in Spanish American Essay and Literature at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century10.12797/Politeja.17.2020.64.131733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/c2df4391b75b49a0adea3ccae13570f72020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/1374https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 This paper aims to show how the “New Man” was defined in different literary and political conceptions that abounded in Spanish American culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Although both Americas were perceived through the stereotype of newness from the very beginning of the colonial era, it is at the end of the 19th century when the necessity to integrate the extremely heteregenous Spanish American societies brought forth a variety of renewal propositions. Focused on the spiritual or economic aspects of a given social or ethnic group (the elites, implicitly white, for Rodó or the working classes, mostly Indian, for the Indigenistas), those conceptions were not able to provide overall solutions for the Spanish American republics, struggling with a deepening neocolonial dependency. Nevertheless, many tendencies and formulas defined in that period – idealistic or politically subversive – have survived through the 20th century and resurfaced in new forms (e.g. the nuevo hombre bolivariano in Venezuela at the beginning of 21st century). Nina PlutaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleNew ManSpanish American essay in 19th and 20th centurySpanish American Cultural IndentityutopiaLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 17, Iss 1(64) (2020)
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description	This paper aims to show how the “New Man” was defined in different literary and political conceptions that abounded in Spanish American culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Although both Americas were perceived through the stereotype of newness from the very beginning of the colonial era, it is at the end of the 19th century when the necessity to integrate the extremely heteregenous Spanish American societies brought forth a variety of renewal propositions. Focused on the spiritual or economic aspects of a given social or ethnic group (the elites, implicitly white, for Rodó or the working classes, mostly Indian, for the Indigenistas), those conceptions were not able to provide overall solutions for the Spanish American republics, struggling with a deepening neocolonial dependency. Nevertheless, many tendencies and formulas defined in that period – idealistic or politically subversive – have survived through the 20th century and resurfaced in new forms (e.g. the nuevo hombre bolivariano in Venezuela at the beginning of 21st century).
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The New Man in Spanish American Essay and Literature at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century

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