Review, critical and refounding. The Generación del Centenario in Santiago del Estero and their links with same generation in Tucumán (1910-1960)

Abstract

This articule analyze the generation called “Generación del Centenario” in Tucumán and Santiago del Estero. The historical framework take into account the social, economic and political circumstances of the northwest region in the first half of the 20th
century. In this context, this paper places the work of intellectuals and artists in that period and the disciplinary orientations in their production. It analyzes the public profile of 16 cases of this generation´s members in Tucumán and Santiago del Estero. It
observes their interests, contributions and work method; it emphasize the sociography and literature as forms of social life description. Also the articule propose an analysis of the links between the cultural movements of Santiago and Tucumán and focus in
the cooperation between the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and the Asociación La Brasa especially on similar projects and commones interests for to strengthen the regionally thinking. It mentioned the PINOA, a regional congress held in Santiago del
Estero in 1946. Finally, the paper tackles the main characteristics of this comparison: the terms cooperation, criticism and refoundation.