Despues de la globalizacion. La destruccion de lo social en Las viudas de los jueves y Carancho

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Hortiguera, Hugo
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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This article explores a vision of urban space in two Argentine feature films: Las viudas de los jueves (2009) directed by Marcelo Piro and based on the book by Claudia Piᥩro, and Carancho (2010) by Pablo Trapero. Taking into consideration the concept of "non-places" outlined by Marc Aug鬠it studies how these films describe metaphorical views of Buenos Aires, considered as a place of devastation, as a site that is no longer the place "of an inscribed and symbolized meaning, the anthropological place" (Aug鬠No lugares 86), but rather a rarefied territory which is neither an anchorage nor a point of destination. It also analyzes ...
View more >This article explores a vision of urban space in two Argentine feature films: Las viudas de los jueves (2009) directed by Marcelo Piro and based on the book by Claudia Piᥩro, and Carancho (2010) by Pablo Trapero. Taking into consideration the concept of "non-places" outlined by Marc Aug鬠it studies how these films describe metaphorical views of Buenos Aires, considered as a place of devastation, as a site that is no longer the place "of an inscribed and symbolized meaning, the anthropological place" (Aug鬠No lugares 86), but rather a rarefied territory which is neither an anchorage nor a point of destination. It also analyzes how these two films seem to borrow Sarmiento's dichotomy (always subjacent in the Argentine cultural system), to externalize a series of social imaginaries of degradation that extend to the heart of the city, a failure which is no longer perceived as exceptional and temporary, but rather final.
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View more >This article explores a vision of urban space in two Argentine feature films: Las viudas de los jueves (2009) directed by Marcelo Piro and based on the book by Claudia Piᥩro, and Carancho (2010) by Pablo Trapero. Taking into consideration the concept of "non-places" outlined by Marc Aug鬠it studies how these films describe metaphorical views of Buenos Aires, considered as a place of devastation, as a site that is no longer the place "of an inscribed and symbolized meaning, the anthropological place" (Aug鬠No lugares 86), but rather a rarefied territory which is neither an anchorage nor a point of destination. It also analyzes how these two films seem to borrow Sarmiento's dichotomy (always subjacent in the Argentine cultural system), to externalize a series of social imaginaries of degradation that extend to the heart of the city, a failure which is no longer perceived as exceptional and temporary, but rather final.
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Journal Title
Letras hispana. Revista de literatura y cultura
Volume
8
Issue
1
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Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Literary Studies