Affect as Class Passion: Roberto Arlt's Petty Bourgeoisie.
This article links the form of Roberto Arlt's novels Los siete locos and Los lanzallamas to a process of class consolidation, specifically the emergence of the petty bourgeoisie in Argentina. It argues that Arlt was a pioneer in describing the behavior of the middle sectors, and that sociological sc...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic Review Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 149 - 171 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Spring2025
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