TY - BOOK ID - 78644391 TI - To belong in Buenos Aires PY - 2018 SN - 1503604357 9781503604353 9781503601536 1503601536 PB - Stanford, California DB - UniCat KW - Germans KW - Ethnicity KW - Nationalism KW - Consciousness, National KW - Identity, National KW - National consciousness KW - National identity KW - International relations KW - Patriotism KW - Political science KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - Internationalism KW - Political messianism KW - Ethnic identity KW - Group identity KW - Cultural fusion KW - Multiculturalism KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Ethnology KW - History. KW - Buenos Aires (Argentina) KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Trinidad del Puerto de Santa María de Buenos Aires (Argentina) KW - Buenos Ayres (Argentina) KW - Capital Federal (Argentina) KW - Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires (Argentina) KW - Capital (Argentina) KW - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina) KW - La Trinidad (Argentina) KW - Trinidad (Argentina) KW - gobBsAs (Argentina) KW - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina) KW - Buenos Aires (Federal Capital) KW - CABA (Argentina) KW - Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (Argentina) KW - Buenos Ajres (Argentina) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78644391 AB - In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a massive wave of immigration transformed the cultural landscape of Argentina. Alongside other immigrants to Buenos Aires, German speakers strove to carve out a place 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 became stalwart Argentine citizens while maintaining connections to German culture. Even as Argentine nationalism intensified and the state called 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 possible both to retain one's ethnic identity and be a good Argentine. Drawing parallels to other immigrant groups while closely analyzing the experiences of Argentines of German heritage, Bryce contributes new perspectives on the history of migration to Latin America—and on the complex interconnections between cultural pluralism and the emergence of national cultures. ER -