3
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Onofroff en Buenos Aires (1895): Apogeo y caída de un ilusionista

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          El objetivo de este trabajo es reconstruir la visita realizada por el ilusionista Onofroff a Buenos Aires entre marzo y junio de 1895. Durante esos meses, en los principales diarios de la ciudad aparecieron numerosos artículos y notas que reflejan claramente el impacto ejercido por el visitante en distintos actores de la escena cultural y científica. Los shows brindados por Onofroff en dos teatros de la ciudad no solamente despertaron el interés de un público anónimo y curioso, sino que desencadenaron distintas reacciones por parte de la comunidad científica y de la elite intelectual. El análisis de esas reacciones aporta elementos que permiten comprender de un modo más acabado distintas dimensiones de la historia cultural de fines del siglo XIX. En tal sentido, a lo largo de este artículo habremos de mostrar de qué manera las discusiones referidas a los poderes del ilusionista dieron pie tanto a una recuperación de debates referidos al campo de lo sobrenatural, como a una renovación del lenguaje médico sobre fenómenos como el hipnotismo. De tal forma, y en continuidad con otras investigaciones recientes, pondremos de relieve el modo en que los hechos "sobrenaturales" podían ser alojados en los diálogos de los académicos.

          Translated abstract

          The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the visit to Buenos Aires made by the illusionist Onofroff from March to June 1895. During those months, in the most important newspapers of the city appeared numerous articles and notes that clearly reflect the impact made by the visitor on different members of the cultural and scientific scene. The shows made by Onofroff in two theaters of the city not only attracted the interest of an anonymus and curious public, but also triggered different reactions from the scientific community and the intellectual elite. The analysis of these reactions provides elements that allow us to have a better understanding of different dimensions of the cultural history of the late nineteenth century. On that sense, throuhout this article we will show how the discussions concerning the illusionist's powers gave rise both to a recovery of some debates relation to the field of the supernatural, and to a renewal of the medical language about phenomena like hypnotism. Thus, and in continuity with other recent researches, we will highlight how the "supernatural" facts could be accepted in the academics' dialogues.

          Related collections

          Most cited references30

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Article: not found

          Espectros de la ciencia: Fantasías científicas de la Argen tina del siglo XIX

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Article: not found

            Charlatanes. Crónicas de remedios incurables

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: not found
              • Article: not found

              Onofroff

                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Journal
                prismas
                Prismas
                Prismas
                Centro de Historia Intelectual, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina )
                1852-0499
                June 2014
                : 18
                : 1
                : 111-131
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameConicet
                [02] orgnameUniversidad de Buenos Aires
                Article
                S1852-04992014000100005
                ab3b4af7-858b-43d4-9a54-9c4745c5ae6b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 29, Pages: 21
                Product

                SciELO Argentina


                Theater,Teatro,Sobrenatural,Hipnosis,Onofroff,Supernatural,Hypnosis
                Theater, Teatro, Sobrenatural, Hipnosis, Onofroff, Supernatural, Hypnosis

                Comments

                Comment on this article