An urbanity manual for Hispano-Americans

One of the most read books by Hispano-Americans since the mid-XIX Century is the Manual de urbanidad, by Manuel Antonio Carreño. Until just a few decades ago it was mandatory reading in most of the Spanish speaking schools of Latin America. The closeness with the book and its author fostered the bel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Alcibíades, Mirla
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/856
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/856
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:manuales
urbanidad
buenas costumbres
educación
Manuals
urbanity
good manners
education
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Sumario:One of the most read books by Hispano-Americans since the mid-XIX Century is the Manual de urbanidad, by Manuel Antonio Carreño. Until just a few decades ago it was mandatory reading in most of the Spanish speaking schools of Latin America. The closeness with the book and its author fostered the belief that Carreño was from the same country of each one of the readers. The impact the advices in the book produced to direct the behavior of the readers in the public space marked the supply of this nineteenth-century intellectual from the moment the book appeared. No doubt, the manual has been branded as a publishing phenomenon in the continent, impossible to ignore these days.