Cultural Imaginary, Tango, and Rock in Argentina’s Identity
Cultural Imaginary
According to A. Maria Fernandez, the Cultural Imaginary is the reproduction of meaning, representing the production of meaning. It’s understood as organizers that support the standards, values, and language through which a society can be viewed as a whole. It has a dual dimension: it allows for the production through conservation of collective meanings, and, in turn, the instituted is modified through its ability to change those instituting the created complex structure.
All elements of culture configure the beliefs, art, etc. These are habits acquired by man as a member of society and configure the Social Imaginary. According to Fernandez, the Social Imaginary also sets straight the myths that act as organizers of meaning, power, thinking, and feeling for men and women. It also justifies and guides operation in the institutions, which are phases of culture. This function of myth permits the Social Imaginary in giving unity to all of society, but also generates the capacity to reconsider. This is key to understanding the functioning of the social whole.
On the one hand, society collectively creates the image of the role and function that the institutions must satisfy, and this outlines the cultural and social consensus. When the universe of the myth is not generated by the whole community, it generates reluctance in subordinate sectors, which have the ability to change the dimensionality of that Social Imaginary. The Social Imaginary created by society is what builds individuals. According to Cárcova, the imaginary is not prepared by the whole society, but only by those who have social, economic, and intellectual power, as Tamarit states, those with power are considered valuable.
Tango: Processes of Amending the Social Imaginary
There are two processes:
- The emptying of the contents of reports on the nation.
- Related to the previous mode, a discourse on globalization begins to circulate. Its use by hegemonic groups serves to justify any type of practice and economic appropriation by a large part of society.
Crisis of Representation
This is in the disappearance of a national project, both politically and economically.
Functions of Tango
Tango is the link between memory and history, as it operates as legitimate. It’s accepted as significant and built as an area where integration is possible in a game company.
Tango as a Symbol of Identity and Globalization
From the moment that Tango begins to be used in international films, it starts to become a genre that is worthwhile to practice and is recognized worldwide as Argentinian. Thanks to this, Tango fulfills the dream of being recognized by the first world (belonging) for being Argentinian.
Rock Music’s Role in National Identity in the 1990s
At first, Rock had two functions:
- The club proposed a clan (e.g., young, gay).
- Routine questioning of the adult world and commodification of life, supporting hippie life and pacifism.
It is divided into stages:
First Stage: Characterized by conflict, opposition to the system, the notion of movement, and the dispute for authenticity within it. Added to this is a troubled relationship with the city, which is characterized as the place of the lineup par excellence.
Second Stage: The joint loses weight in generational conflict, and the nation of the dispute persists. However, as of this moment, the other lies off the field. The notion designates a whole that is not organic but different.
Why Rock is a Subculture
It is seen as a subculture because its dwelling lay in the questioning of traditional values in place at the time of its emergence. It did not have rooms reserved only for rock concerts, and recitals took place in places that had other genres. Finally, rock survived more than a generation, changing as new teenage groups approached this style, but maintaining posture and attitude set the tone in positions still holding her.