História, heróis e comemorações como armas de luta política. O culto a Miguel Hidalgo em tempos da intervenção francesa no México

This article shows how, during the French intervention in Mexico (1862-1867), both the empire of Maximilian and the Republicans led by Benito Juarez, acknowledged Miguel Hidalgo as the Father of the Nation, except that each side, –according to their political position– shaped a different interpretat...

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2016
Institución:
Universidad Industrial de Santander
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Repositorio UIS
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spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:noesis.uis.edu.co:20.500.14071/4883
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https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/5543
https://noesis.uis.edu.co/handle/20.500.14071/4883
Palabra clave:
México
Narrative
Independence
Commemoration
México
relato
Independecia
conmemoración
México
relato
independência
comemoração
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openAccess
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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Summary:This article shows how, during the French intervention in Mexico (1862-1867), both the empire of Maximilian and the Republicans led by Benito Juarez, acknowledged Miguel Hidalgo as the Father of the Nation, except that each side, –according to their political position– shaped a different interpretation of the character. The ways in which the forging of a national historical memory –with its heroes and celebration rituals–, was important not only to “imagine” the nation and enhance national identity, but it also became in a kind of useful political “weapon” to persuade people to recognize a particular State project as legitimate.