ZAHIR 01/04/2010
 What make Argentina such an appealing place? Why does it continuously hold fascination for people who never stepped foot there? Argentina’s place in the imagination of the western world has its roots deep into the nineteen century, when Englishmen, North Americans and Germans where recruited to build railroads educational system, and a whiter nation for a newly formed republic.By the end of the twentieth century Argentinian Tango, Eva Peron and the mothers of Playa de Mayo, the Falklands war and the Dirty War, Jorge Louis Borges, Diego Maradona and economic chaos were entrenched into the consciousness of the western world. My curiosity for this nation felt for me like a Borgesian Zahir - something that stick in the mind refusing to be shaken. Literary text from the United States, UK, Italy and Argentina itself as well as internationally recognized films, advertisements and newspaper features, re-circulate the work to form the country meanings. Argentina crystallizes in the representation made of it, representations it invites, but that are not always to its liking… CommentsLeave a Reply | ArchivesSeptember 2011 Categories |
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