Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century

This paper analyses the margins left to the tradictional elite of Buenos Aires for stablishing social differences in the changing scenario of 1900. Thus, this article discusses a very common word in that social circle to refer to those that experimented the adventure of social ascent: the “advenediz...

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Autor principal: Losada, Leandro
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2007
Materias:
Advenedizo
Élite
Distinción
Modernización
Belle époque
advenedizo
elite
distinction
modernization
belle époque
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/9939
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Cuadernos de Historia. Serie Economía y Sociedad de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R343-article-99392021-10-01T18:00:24Z Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century Distinciones simbólicas y realidades sociales. La alta sociedad y los advenedizos en la Buenos Aires del cambio del siglo XIX al XX Losada, Leandro Advenedizo Élite Distinción Modernización Belle époque advenedizo elite distinction modernization belle époque This paper analyses the margins left to the tradictional elite of Buenos Aires for stablishing social differences in the changing scenario of 1900. Thus, this article discusses a very common word in that social circle to refer to those that experimented the adventure of social ascent: the “advenedizo” (newcomer; parvenu). Our argument is that this term is no doubt a peyorative way of naming those that have started to have power, riches or prestige in Buenos Aires of the belle époque and refers to their lack of significant symbolic capital –which was scarce in that alluvial society (that is the lack of ancient origin). At the same time it shows traditional families withdrawal caused by the modernization process that was taking place. In this sense, this paper argues that symbolic way of building differences have and impact on social relations, and at the same time, they can be considered a manifestation of the constraint margins left by social facts to stablish such distinctions. El trabajo analiza los márgenes que el móvil escenario de la Buenos Aires del 1900 dejó a la elite tradicional para trazar distinciones sociales. Para ello se aborda una categoría muy común en ese círculo social para referirse a quienes experimentaban la aventura del ascenso: el advenedizo. El argumento es que si por un lado este término es efectivamente una manera peyorativa de nombrar a quienes comenzaban a adquirir poder, riqueza o prestigio en la Buenos Aires de la belle époque, aludiendo a la carencia de un capital de alta significación simbólica por su escasez en una sociedad aluvional (orígenes «antiguos»), al mismo tiempo descubre la retirada a que la modernización estaba confinando a las familias tradicionales. En este sentido, se plantea que las formas simbólicas de construir diferenciaciones, si efectivamente inciden en las relaciones sociales, a su vez, también pueden ser una expresión de los limitados márgenes que la realidad deja para trazar semejantes operaciones de distinción. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2007-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/9939 10.53872/2422.7544.n9.9939 Cuadernos de Historia. Serie Economía y Sociedad; Núm. 9 (2007); 65-85 2422-7544 1514-5816 10.53872/2422.7544.n9 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/9939/10617 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/9939/31202 Derechos de autor 2014 Cuadernos de historia. Serie Economía y Sociedad https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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topic Advenedizo
Élite
Distinción
Modernización
Belle époque
advenedizo
elite
distinction
modernization
belle époque
spellingShingle Advenedizo
Élite
Distinción
Modernización
Belle époque
advenedizo
elite
distinction
modernization
belle époque
Losada, Leandro
Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
topic_facet Advenedizo
Élite
Distinción
Modernización
Belle époque
advenedizo
elite
distinction
modernization
belle époque
author Losada, Leandro
author_facet Losada, Leandro
author_sort Losada, Leandro
title Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
title_short Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
title_full Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
title_fullStr Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
title_full_unstemmed Symbolic distinctions and social realities. High society and upstarts in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
title_sort symbolic distinctions and social realities. high society and upstarts in buenos aires at the turn of the 19th to 20th century
description This paper analyses the margins left to the tradictional elite of Buenos Aires for stablishing social differences in the changing scenario of 1900. Thus, this article discusses a very common word in that social circle to refer to those that experimented the adventure of social ascent: the “advenedizo” (newcomer; parvenu). Our argument is that this term is no doubt a peyorative way of naming those that have started to have power, riches or prestige in Buenos Aires of the belle époque and refers to their lack of significant symbolic capital –which was scarce in that alluvial society (that is the lack of ancient origin). At the same time it shows traditional families withdrawal caused by the modernization process that was taking place. In this sense, this paper argues that symbolic way of building differences have and impact on social relations, and at the same time, they can be considered a manifestation of the constraint margins left by social facts to stablish such distinctions.
publisher Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
publishDate 2007
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/9939
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