The Antarctica in Argentine Literatura. Between edenic dream and sovereign reafirmation

By geographical location, climatic conditions, geopolitical organization, environmental situation, Antarctica is today an exemplary and unique case in the international panorama. The representations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of this area are contradictory and ambivalent. In particula...

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Main Author: Magnani, Ilaria
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Universitario Regional Zona Atlántica - Universidad Nacional del Comahue - Argentin 2017
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Online Access:https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/Sociales/article/view/1777
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Summary:By geographical location, climatic conditions, geopolitical organization, environmental situation, Antarctica is today an exemplary and unique case in the international panorama. The representations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of this area are contradictory and ambivalent. In particular, the European and North American are different from the Argentines by form and content. This paper aims to analyze the Argentine representations linking them to the historical and cultural matrices from which they arise, particularly examining the underlying ideological and sovereign discourse. Por ubicación geográfica, condiciones climáticas, organización geopolítica, situación medio-ambiental, la Antártida es hoy un caso ejemplar y único en el panorama internacional. Las representaciones de los siglos XIX y XX de esta zona son contradictorias y ambivalentes. En particular, las europeas y norteamericanas se distancian de las argentinas por forma y contenido. Este trabajo se propone analizar las representaciones argentinas vinculándolas con las matrices históricas y culturales de las que surgen, examinando particularmente el discurso ideológico y soberanista subyacente.