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Dystopian Buenos Aires

Monica Riera
- 01 Apr 2009 - 
- Vol. 28, Iss: 2, pp 246-265
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The authors explored the dystopian presence of Buenos Aires in Roberto Arlt's Los siete locos (The seven madmen) and its companion novel, Los lanzallamas (The flamethrowers).
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This article is published in Bulletin of Latin American Research.The article was published on 2009-04-01. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: National identity & Dystopia.

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From Los siete locos

Roberto Arlt
- 01 Jan 1982 - 
Dissertation

The Embodiment of Trauma in Science Fiction Film: A Case Study of Argentina

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that science fiction film fills a gap where representations of trauma memory are concerned, arguing that its narrative strategies and tropes are highly suited to such representations.
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Meaningful Mobilities: The Experience of Underground Travel in the Buenos Aires Subte, 1913-1944

TL;DR: In this article, Singh, Dhan Sebastian, and Zunino Singh presented a paper on the history of Argentina's military dictatorship, which was published by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CICTE).
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Science fiction or future fact? Exploring imaginative geographies of the new millennium:

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the imaginative geographies of the new millennium through a critical reading of cyberfiction, arguing that cyberfiction through its use of estrangement and defamiliarization, and its destabilization of the foundational assumptions of modernism, provides a cognitive space in which to contemplate future spatialities given the present postmodern condition.
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Freud in the Pampas: The Emergence and Development of a Psychoanalytic Culture in Argentina

TL;DR: The origins of psychoanalysis in Argentina can be traced back to the early 1970s, when Marx meets Freud and the emergence of the psychoanalytic movement in Argentina.
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From Los siete locos

Roberto Arlt
- 01 Jan 1982 - 
Book

Los Siete Locos

Roberto Arlt
Book

Twentieth-century Latin American poetry : a bilingual anthology

TL;DR: In this article, the major Latin American poets and their major works, which appear both in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and in excellent English translations, are presented under one cover.