Forms of sociability and representations of youths in Argentina at the beginning of the 20th century. The model of the Young Men`s Christian Association in Buenos Aires
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This article studies the circulation of representations and models of youth sociability in Argentina by analysing the Young Men`s Christian Association in the city of Buenos Aires. Once consolidated, this organization of Anglo-American origin looked to extend its call, from the university student body to which it was originally oriented towards the popular sectors. This projection of its activities contributed to placing youths on the public agenda. The youths’ representations, that were configured according to different stereotypes of masculinity, were analyzed through a framework that includes the transnational circulation of knowledge, appropriations by groups of intellectuals in the local setting and a through a contrast with the identities of the agents who bore or resisted these representations.
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