Sanitizing Argentina: Hegemonic Whiteness in the Europe of South America
(2018) HEKM51 20181Human Ecology
- Abstract
- This thesis examines underlying perceptions in Argentina about European culture, class, and
environment. In contemporary Argentina, the population is made up of a majority of European
descendants, distinguishing it from other countries in Latin America. Probing into the recent
migratory history, identities are remolded in order to emulate development and environmental
attitudes similar to those of their European dominators. Current political doctrines reflect
ideologies of Argentina’s founding fathers and are consequently transmitted to individual
opinions. Themes of coloniality, underdevelopment, hegemonic whiteness, and environment
reveal what it means to be part of a country developing in the modern world system and what
forces... (More) - This thesis examines underlying perceptions in Argentina about European culture, class, and
environment. In contemporary Argentina, the population is made up of a majority of European
descendants, distinguishing it from other countries in Latin America. Probing into the recent
migratory history, identities are remolded in order to emulate development and environmental
attitudes similar to those of their European dominators. Current political doctrines reflect
ideologies of Argentina’s founding fathers and are consequently transmitted to individual
opinions. Themes of coloniality, underdevelopment, hegemonic whiteness, and environment
reveal what it means to be part of a country developing in the modern world system and what
forces affect those ontologies. (Less)
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- author
- Elfant, Rachel LU
- supervisor
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- Thomas Malm LU
- organization
- course
- HEKM51 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Argentina, coloniality, environment, Europe, hegemonic whiteness, identity, immigration, underdevelopment
- language
- English
- id
- 8948704
- date added to LUP
- 2018-12-21 11:21:01
- date last changed
- 2018-12-21 11:21:01
@misc{8948704, abstract = {{This thesis examines underlying perceptions in Argentina about European culture, class, and environment. In contemporary Argentina, the population is made up of a majority of European descendants, distinguishing it from other countries in Latin America. Probing into the recent migratory history, identities are remolded in order to emulate development and environmental attitudes similar to those of their European dominators. Current political doctrines reflect ideologies of Argentina’s founding fathers and are consequently transmitted to individual opinions. Themes of coloniality, underdevelopment, hegemonic whiteness, and environment reveal what it means to be part of a country developing in the modern world system and what forces affect those ontologies.}}, author = {{Elfant, Rachel}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Sanitizing Argentina: Hegemonic Whiteness in the Europe of South America}}, year = {{2018}}, }