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Buenos Aires : a cultural and literary companion / Jason Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Jason, 1944-
- Series:
- Cities of the imagination
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Description and travel.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina).
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--In literature.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--History--Miscellanea.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Interlink Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- The most European of South American cities, Buenos Aires evokes exile and nostalgia. A nineteenth-century replica of Paris or Madrid set adrift in an alien continent, its identity is neither of the Old World nor the New. The Argentine capital's rootlessness has famously found expression in the melancholy of tango and, more recently, in a vogue for psychoanalysis even more widespread than New York's.
- Contents:
- Modernity and Plagiarism 4
- "a crucible of souls and races" 6
- Grid City 9
- A Brief History of Buenos Aires 11
- From Village to City 18
- The Port 20
- The Airport 23
- History of Buenos Aires (continued) 24
- Portenos 31
- Language, Food and Smells 36
- Walking 40
- Subways, Buses, Trams and Taxis 45
- Sitting and Cafes 49
- The River Plate 52
- Part 2 The Centre
- Plaza de Mayo 57
- Avenida de Mayo 69
- Costanera Sur 77
- Part 3 The North
- Barrio Norte 81
- Calle Florida 88
- Calle San Martin 96
- Calle Viamonte 98
- Plaza San Martin 99
- La Recoleta 104
- Avenida Alvear 115
- Avenida Las Heras 118
- Calle Suipacha 119
- Calle Lavalle 124
- Avenida Cordoba 125
- Plaza Lavalle 128
- The Teatro Colon 129
- Teatro Coliseo and Teatro Nacional Cervantes 133
- La City 133
- Avenida Santa Fe 138
- Plaza Italia 141
- Palermo 143
- The Retiro Station 151
- Belgrano 154
- Nunez 159
- Saavedra 160
- Vicente Lopez 161
- San Isidro 162
- Tigre 167
- Martin Garcia 170
- Part 4 The South
- El Sur (de la Ciudad) and San Telmo 173
- Parque Lezama 182
- La Boca 185
- La Isla Maciel and Dock Sur 192
- Tango 193
- Riachuelo 196
- 9 de Julio 197
- Constitucion 198
- Matadero 199
- Pompeya 201
- Villas Miseria 203
- Football 205
- Barracas 209
- Quilmes 212
- Part 5 The West
- Avenida Corrientes 215
- The Barrios 221
- Villa Crespo 223
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia 225
- The Chacarita Cemetery 226
- Once 229
- Avenida Boedo 231
- Flores 232
- Floresta 234
- Caballito 234
- Avenida del Trabajo 234
- Santos Lugares 234
- Hurlingham 235
- Banfield 237
- Adrogue 237
- Villa Devoto and its Prison 238.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-242) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 156656347X
- OCLC:
- 41565258
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