The tradition of El Pueblo. The circulation of the gauchesque from the catholic press (1939-1945)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the reproduction of the gauchesque in the pages of the catholic daily El Pueblo, at the juncture of the first “Fiestas de la Tradición”. The relationship between tradition and the catholic religion had expressed - with intensity- since the conservative government of Manuel Fresco in Buenos Aires. Approaches between the gaucho and catholicism circulated as a construction linked to crystallize the religious character of the national archetype. El Pueblo publications were supplemented by other sections that contributed to the valiant purpose of confirming a "catholic gaucho". The purpose of this research is to study these interventions.