Tertulia
A tertulia (Spanish: [teɾˈtulja], Galician: [teɾˈtuljɐ]; Portuguese: tertúlia [tɨɾˈtuliɐ]; Catalan: tertúlia [təɾˈtuliə]) is a social gathering with literary or artistic overtones, especially in Iberia or in Spanish America. Tertulia also means an informal meeting of people to talk about current affairs, arts, etc. The word is originally Spanish (borrowed by Catalan and Portuguese), but it has only moderate currency in English, used mainly in describing Latin cultural contexts.
Occasionally, a tertulia may also describe a television magazine or chat show programme in a similar (albeit perhaps more sensationalist) format to its older counterpart.
Format
A tertulia is rather similar to a
Etymology
The Diccionario de la lengua española states that the etymology of the word tertulia is uncertain,[1] though it may be derived from the name of the early Christian apologist Tertullian.[2]
In Spanish America
At tertulias before 1810 in at the houses of
José Antonio Wilde (1813–1887) described Buenos Aires in the period immediately following independence. He wrote that it was a widespread custom among the more notable and well-to-do families, and also with many decent families, to give tertulias at least once a week. Usually the guests danced only from 8:00 to 12:00 at night, in which case only mate was served, but if it went on later chocolate would be added. Dress was not elaborate, and dancing, music and conversation were the only entertainment, so the cost was low. A piano player might be hired, or the young people might play dance pieces, or some old and complacent aunt might play some contradanza. Even if it was old, the thing was to dance.[7]
List
- El Parnasillo
- Gambrinus (tertulia)
- Grupo do Leão
- Tertulia de Creadores
- Tertulia de Nava
- Tertulia de Pombo
- Tertulia de San Gregorio
- Tertulia de la Fonda de San Sebastián
- Tertulia del Niké
- Tertulia del Salón
- Tertulia Feminista Les Comadres
See also
- Café de tertulia
- Chingana
- Pulqueria
- Stammtisch
- Tertullian
- Viennese café
References
- ^ DLE: tertulia.
- ^ Etimología de Tertulia.
- ^ Ellas también hicieron el 25 de Mayo.
- ^ a b Galasso 1994, p. 35.
- ^ Galasso 1994, p. 36.
- ^ Davies, Brewster & Owen 2006, p. 32.
- ^ Wilde 1908.
Sources
- Davies, Catherine; Brewster, Claire; Owen, Hilary (2006), South American Independence: Gender, Politics, Text, Liverpool University Press, ISBN 978-1-84631-027-0, retrieved 2017-11-30
- "Ellas también hicieron el 25 de Mayo", Cartelera de Historia (in Spanish), 26 May 2008, retrieved 2017-11-30
- "Etimología de Tertulia", .dechile.net (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-12-02
- Galasso, Norberto (1994), La Revolución de Mayo: el pueblo quiere saber de qué se trató (in Spanish), Ediciones Colihue SRL, ISBN 978-950-581-798-6, retrieved 2017-11-30
- Wilde, José Antonio (1908), "XVI", Buenos Aires desde setenta años atrás (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-11-30
- "tertulia", Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy, retrieved 2023-12-14
External links
- El Madrid de 1900, espacios populares de Cultura y Ocio ("Madrid in 1900, popular spaces for culture and leisure") (in Spanish)
- "Tertulia Andaluza ("Tertulia Andaluza")", All about andalucia a forum to voice ideas in andalucia (in Spanish)