construcción de masculinidades en los internados del Colegio Nacional de La Plata (Argentina, 1910-1920)

Abstract

We analyze the construction of masculinities in the boarding schools of the Colegio Nacional of Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentine) between 1910, the moment of its materialization, and 1920, the date of its dissolution. We are interested in investigating the discursive constructions of the directors of the National University of La Plata and those in charge of the boarding schools, which indicate correct and incorrect ways of being or becoming a man, in a new pedagogical experience for the time. From a qualitative methodology, the study of a case is proposed, which is interesting in itself. We find that, in a homosocial space, the formation of responsibility and character is fostered, in an effort to produce strong and healthy men. In this way, emphasis is placed on a moral education, linked to the education of emotions and sensibilities, transmitting class values ​​such as honor and chivalry.