Cenizas de orquídeas. Relatos del bajo fondo de Buenos Aires a comienzos del siglo XX

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Bartrons, Horacio Caride
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	This short essay is about the marginal, sometimes hidden places of the city of Buenos Aires, during the first three decades of the 20 th century. Its main protagonists were two visitors, whose lives would gain fame and popularity: Eugene O’Neill and Albert Londres. The stories of these two personalities, who in later years would become famous protagonists of international literary culture, contributed largely to publicize the shameful and demeaning image that Argentina’s capital was in those years. His chronicles of the “portena” night –its countless brothels, pornographic movie theaters, gambling houses, and nightlife venues– promoted the sad celebrity as “sin city” that Buenos Aires had internationally during the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Starting Page	41
Ending Page	50
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Volume Number	46
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.iaa.fadu.uba.ar/ojs/index.php/anales/article/download/195/328
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/anales/v46n1/v46n1a05.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article