To Belong in Buenos Aires: Germans, Argentines, and the Rise of a Pluralist Society

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an immense wave of immigration transformed the cultural landscape of Argentina. Alongside other immigrants to Buenos Aires, German speakers strove to carve out a spot for themselves as Argentines without fully relinquishing their German language and identity. Their story sheds light on how pluralistic societies take shape and how immigrants negotiate the terms of citizenship and belonging.

Focusing on social welfare, education, religion, language, and the importance of children, Benjamin Bryce examines the formation of a distinct German-Argentine identity. Through a combination of cultural adaptation and a commitment to Protestant and Catholic religious affiliations, German speakers changed into stalwart Argentine citizens even as maintaining connections to German culture. At the same time as Argentine nationalism intensified and the state referred to as for a more culturally homogeneous citizenry, the leaders of Buenos Aires’s German community advocated for a new, more pluralistic vision of Argentine citizenship by insisting that it was once conceivable both to retain one’s ethnic identity and be a good Argentine. Drawing parallels to other immigrant groups even as closely analyzing the experiences of Argentines of German heritage, Bryce contributes new perspectives at the history of migration to Latin The united states―and at the complex interconnections between cultural pluralism and the emergence of national cultures.

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