Paraguay at its Centenary: the Creation of a Mestizo Nation
This text studies the articulation of identity carried out by Paraguayan intellectuals after the war against the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) and in the eve of celebrating the centennial of their independence (1811). The author shows how a previous identity, based on a concept of mestizo race, but wh...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO |
| Repository: | Historia Mexicana |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/1818 |
| Online Access: | https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/1818 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Paraguay Centennial Celebrations mestizaje 20th Century Centenario nación mestiza siglo XX |
| Summary: | This text studies the articulation of identity carried out by Paraguayan intellectuals after the war against the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) and in the eve of celebrating the centennial of their independence (1811). The author shows how a previous identity, based on a concept of mestizo race, but white in its own way, superior to the rest of the continent and allowing the soldiers’ heroism in war, was transformed into a mainly political use of mixed races as the foundations of a strong nation. |
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