Publication: En busca de una identidad moderna. Ocio urbano en La Habana del siglo XIX (1844-1868)
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2018-11-13
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A pesar de lo que pueda sugerir su título, esta tesis no trata de demostrar la modernidad de La Habana, sino más bien revisar el uso de los parámetros de modernidad urbana tradicionalmente aplicados a capitales decimonónicas como París, Berlín, Londres o Nueva York. La Habana del siglo XIX encarna una versión de la modernidad extremadamente compleja, que responde a los baremos historiográficos de progreso, circulación y tracción, pero desde soluciones inéditas y muy particulares, llegando incluso a presentar fenómenos para los que ha sido necesario plantear, por así decirlo, nuevas unidades de medida.En este sentido, quizá la mayor aportación de este trabajo sea el problema que plantea: la necesidad de ampliar nuestra percepción del concepto de modernidad, de reformular los parámetros en los que se trabaja sobre la ciudad del siglo XIX y, finalmente, de comprender las principales razones por las que la mayor parte de la historiografía ha perpetuado esta tradición, con el objeto final de superarla. Partiendo de esta premisa, el trabajo gira en torno a tres conceptos clave: modernidad, identidad y ocio, que en el caso concreto de La Habana funcionan en perfecta sinergia y resultan fundamentales a la hora de evaluar la realidad urbana y social del siglo XIX. Estos tres niveles de lectura han definido tanto nuestra postura metodológica como la elección del itinerario a partir del cual se ha construido el índice y la redacción de los capítulos...
Contrary to what one may assume by its title, this dissertation has no intention of proving Havana´s modernity. At least not via the traditional parameters that have been applied to nineteenth-century capitals such as Paris, Berlin, London or New York. Not only does nineteenth-century Havana respond to the scholarly measures of progress, circulation and traction in a very peculiar way, but also presents unknown solutions that require brand new approaches to the problem of modernity.In this sense the major contribution of this work might be the unsolved issues that it raises: the need to broaden our perception of modernity itself, to reformulate the urban semiotics of the Nineteenth-Century and, finally, the need to overcome the prevailing trend by a deeper comprehension of the reasons that have led the scholarship to perpetuate it. If the example of Havana is able to make the slightest contribution to unsettle these notions and manages to outline some alternative paths to a more integral approach to urban modernity, I would very much be satisfied with the results of my research...
Contrary to what one may assume by its title, this dissertation has no intention of proving Havana´s modernity. At least not via the traditional parameters that have been applied to nineteenth-century capitals such as Paris, Berlin, London or New York. Not only does nineteenth-century Havana respond to the scholarly measures of progress, circulation and traction in a very peculiar way, but also presents unknown solutions that require brand new approaches to the problem of modernity.In this sense the major contribution of this work might be the unsolved issues that it raises: the need to broaden our perception of modernity itself, to reformulate the urban semiotics of the Nineteenth-Century and, finally, the need to overcome the prevailing trend by a deeper comprehension of the reasons that have led the scholarship to perpetuate it. If the example of Havana is able to make the slightest contribution to unsettle these notions and manages to outline some alternative paths to a more integral approach to urban modernity, I would very much be satisfied with the results of my research...
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Tesis de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 17-01-2018