The Dilemmas of Male Consumption in Nineteenth-Century Argentina

Fashion, Consumerism, and Darwinism in Domingo Sarmiento and Juan B. Alberdi

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ID3191607
AuthorsAdriana Novoa (0000-0002-4244-7623, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume39
Issue4
Pages771-795
Publication date2007-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x07003227
OpenAlexW2102447239
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited6

This article explores how the relationship between luxury, consumption and gender in Argentina changed in response to the introduction of Darwinian ideas. Ideas surrounding consumerism were transformed by the 1870s, influenced by a scientific revolution that gave new meaning to gender categories. The introduction of Darwinism at a time of extreme ideological confusion about how to organise the nation only enhanced the perceived dangers about how economic changes and the expansion of markets would affect elites' ability to govern. The article focuses specifically on changing perceptions of gender and consumerism between 1830 and 1880, paying particular attention to the work of two of the most important intellectuals of the Generación del '37, Juan B. Alberdi and Domingo F. Sarmiento. By closely examining their reflections on the expansion of markets and accumulation of luxury goods, it reveals the nature of the cultural changes introduced by the Darwinian revolution

Consumerism · Consumption (sociology) · Darwinism · Epistemology · Ideology · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Argentine historical studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought · Spanish Literature and Culture Studies

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