¨Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun¨- Eva Peron
The varying fragments which make up modern Buenos Aires are a collection of prisms, picking up the alluring city lights and reflecting them outwards. Their dazzling incandescence distracts from a city wrought with contradictions, however. The glittering lights conceal a struggle to keep up with the changes brought on by globalization, and reflections of the future are hazy and uncertain. Yet Buenos Aires is a proud city, a cultural force which has withstood the deterioration of its golden age with its essence intact. Both a reflection of a magnificent past and a mirror into an indeterminate future, the city has not lost its luster, its charm, or its magnetism.
References/Additional Reading
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Photography by
Brittany Krupski
The photographs included in this blog are the result of a 4 month trip to Buenos Aires and other areas of Argentina that I made as a student from August to December 2007. They reflect the contemporary city and country as I experienced and perceived them and are meant to compliment the historical and social context that I have learned along the way.
References/Additional Reading
Castro, Donald S.
1988 The Lunfardo Poets: Yacaré and de la Púa. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 42(1/2):29-44.
DeLaney, Jeane.
1997 National Identity, Nationhood, and Immigration in Argentina: 1810-1930. Stanford Electronic Humanities Review 5(2):1-21.
Grayson, John D.
1964 Lunfardo, Argentina’s Unknown Tongue. Hispania 47(1):66-68.
MacAdam, Alfred. J.
1980 Origins and Narratives. MLN 95(2):424-35.
Nouzeilles, Gabriela and Graciela Montaldo eds.
2002 The Argentine Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham: Duke University Press
Taylor, Julie M.
1976 Tango: Theme of Class and Nation. Ethnomusicology 20(2):273-91.
Umphrey, George W.
1918 The Gaucho Poetry of Argentina. Hispania 1(3):144-56.
Velez, Wanda A.
2006 South American Immigration: Argentina. Yale New Haven Teachers Institute. 1.
1988 The Lunfardo Poets: Yacaré and de la Púa. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 42(1/2):29-44.
DeLaney, Jeane.
1997 National Identity, Nationhood, and Immigration in Argentina: 1810-1930. Stanford Electronic Humanities Review 5(2):1-21.
Grayson, John D.
1964 Lunfardo, Argentina’s Unknown Tongue. Hispania 47(1):66-68.
MacAdam, Alfred. J.
1980 Origins and Narratives. MLN 95(2):424-35.
Nouzeilles, Gabriela and Graciela Montaldo eds.
2002 The Argentine Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham: Duke University Press
Taylor, Julie M.
1976 Tango: Theme of Class and Nation. Ethnomusicology 20(2):273-91.
Umphrey, George W.
1918 The Gaucho Poetry of Argentina. Hispania 1(3):144-56.
Velez, Wanda A.
2006 South American Immigration: Argentina. Yale New Haven Teachers Institute. 1.
