Abstract

FULTON, Christopher. Cuauhtémoc awakened. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2008, n.35, pp.5-47. ISSN 0185-2620.

This article examines nineteenth-century artistic representations of Cuauhtémoc and the process by which the emperor's image was forged into a national symbol. It identifies the liberal conception behind the artistic imagery and its relationship to vital political and social debates of the period. The paper shows how different strands within liberal thought were brought together in the image, creating a powerful symbol for a unified and independent nation. Yet it also reveals how internal contradictions within this doctrine were reflected in the symbol, limiting its scope and effectiveness, and leading to its eventual discreditation.

Keywords : Jesús F. Contreras; Cuauhtémoc; indigenism; Leandro Izaguirre; liberalism; Manuel Noreña; Porfirio Díaz; art; sculpture.

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