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275 Index Illustrations indicated in bold. absent body images, 28 Academia de Letrán, 64 Acuña de Figueroa, Francisco, 53 Adam Bede (Eliot), 151 Addison, Joseph, 204, 208, 222n7 Africans and Afro-descendants, 3, 20, 45, 57n58, 87, 88, 134, 139 See also blacks; slaves and slavery Agricultural Hall (Philadelphia 1876), 113 Alas, Claudio de (pseud.), 260, 261–64, 266 Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, 209, 214, 220 Alvarado, Salvador, 195 A. M. de Cantón (press), 188 amigos de la patria y de la juventud, Los (newspaper), 40–41 Amistad funesta (Martí) gendered language in, 228–29, 232, 236–37, 238–39, 240–41 hysteria in, 238–39 modernity and, 240 preface to, 245n59 as serial novel, 236 U.S. foreign relations in, 232–33, 235, 237, 239–40, 241 Anderson, Benedict, 4, 5, 8n7, 12, 55n9, 78n62 año en el Hospital de San Lázaro, Un (Sierra), 65–66, 67, 68–69, 70–71, 77n49, 269n20 año nuevo, El, 70 anthologies, thematic (parnasos), 46, 47 See also specific anthology titles Antisifílitico Oriental Africano, 260 Argentina celebrations, 1 coat of arms, 50 declaration of independence, 50 independence, 40 invasions, 80 national anthem, 47 newspapers, 40, 41 paper money, 26–27 symbolic imagery in, 31n32 Argentine Masonic Lodge, 31n32 Artigas, José, 18, 37, 45 Artisan Society of Mutual Assistance, 187 artistic images, 12–13, 18 See also visual art; specific art work and images Ascasubi, Hilario, 33 Association for the Perpetual Cult of San José, 186 Azevedo, Aluísio, 249, 265 Azuela, Mariano, 153 Banco de Buenos Ayres, 25–26 Banco de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, 26 Banco Nacional, 26 Banda Oriental, 36, 39, 49, 55n17, 56n29 Barajas Durán, Rafael, 168, 169 Baranda, Joaquín, 189 Barbachano, Manuel, 66 Barker, Robert, 107 baroque styles, 115–16 Barthes, Roland, 164 batalla de Carabobo, La (Tovar y Tovar), 115, 122 batalla de San Cala, La (Blanes), 17 batalla de Sarandí, La (Blanes), 17 beaus (term), 204, 205, 222n7 Belgrano, Manuel, 248 Bello, Andrés, 2 276 Building Nineteenth-Century Latin America Benjamin, Walter, 128 Bentham, Jeremy, 132n36 Bermejo, Ildefonso, 96n35 Beruti, Juan Manuel, 43, 48 Biblioteca de escritores venezolanos (Rojas), 122 Biblioteca Pública de Buenos Aires, 42–43 Biblioteca Pública in Montevideo, 43, 44–45 bicentennial celebrations of independence, 1 bildungsroman, 77–78n54 bills. See paper money blackface performances, 136 blacks, 18, 85, 87–88, 136, 144–45 See also Africans and Afro-descendants; slaves and slavery Blaine, James G., 233–34, 243n28, 243n33 Blanca Sol (Cabello de Carbonera), 260–61 Blanco, Eduardo, 116, 122, 123, 131n30 Blanes, Juan Manuel, 12–13, 14–18, 53 Bogotá, 2, 21, 22 See also Santafé de Bogotá Bolívar, Simón, 26, 248, 267n5 Bolivia, 2 books, 18, 63, 126–27 Brazil carnivals in, 134, 143 independence, 2, 24 Indians, 24 invasions, 80 mestiçagem, 24 national stamps of, 19 Brecht, Bertolt, 165 Bretón de Herreros, Miguel, 207 Britain, 35 brothels, 254 Brummell, George “Beau,” 204 Buenos Aires carnivals in, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141–42, 146 fiestas, 43 orphanage in, 32 paper money in, 26–27 printing presses in, 32–33, 39 symbolic production in, 48–50 Buffon, Count de, 258 Bullock, William, 108 Cabello de Carbonera, Mercedes, 260–61 Cabichuí (newspaper), 80–81, 82–85, 83, 84, 86–90, 91–93 cabichuí (wasp), 82, 83 Cabrera, Francisca, 91, 92 Cadalso, Jorge, 204 Calero Quintana, Vicente, 66–67, 69–70 Canal Zone, 243n33 “Canción patriótica” (Luca), 47 Capricho (Goya), 206 Caracas city center, 109 facelift (1870), 111–12 Guzmán Blanco and, 111–12, 113 National Fair (1883), 107, 110, 111–15, 126–27 population (1883), 112 printing revolutions in, 2 Caracas–La Guaira railroad, 113 Carbonell, Diego, 267–68n5 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 195 caridad, La (journal), 188 Carlota, La (press), 38 Carlota Joaquina (princess), 38, 56n22 Carlyle, Thomas, 210 carnivals blackface performances, 136 blacks and, 144–45 in Brazil, 134, 143 in Buenos Aires, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141–42, 146 costumes and, 135–36, 138 dance and, 134, 139 description and origins, 133 in Havana, 139, 146 inversions and, 135–36, 144–45, 146–47 in Lima, 137, 140–41, 146 in Mérida, 191 in Mexico, 191 music and, 139 in Rio de Janeiro, 137, 139, 141–42, 145, 146 rough play and rowdiness and, 137, 147n9 slaves and, 134 social equity and, 143–45 throwing games and, 137, 138–39, 140, 146 transgressions and, 135–37...

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