The Oppositions Produced by Class Struggle: 4.2 Power and Solidarity.

A chapter of the book "The Semiotics of a Bourgeois Society: An Analysis of the "Aguafertes Porteñas" is presented. It focuses on Roberto Arlt's reproach of representatives of the bourgeoisie in the majority of his essays. It states that the acquisition of material goods is one topic in which his cr...

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Published in:Semiotics of a Bourgeois Society: An Analysis of the Aguafuertes Porteñas by Roberto Arlt pp. 78 - 98
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1997
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Summary:A chapter of the book "The Semiotics of a Bourgeois Society: An Analysis of the "Aguafertes Porteñas" is presented. It focuses on Roberto Arlt's reproach of representatives of the bourgeoisie in the majority of his essays. It states that the acquisition of material goods is one topic in which his criticism of the capitalistic influence on Argentine society becomes apparent in his essays. Another topic of his criticism is the idea of home ownership and he presented homeowners as thieves and hypocrites.