Abstract

TERAN FUENTES, Mariana  and  PEREZ NAVARRO, Mónica. National Heroes. The Construction of Mexico’s September Traditions. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2019, vol.40, n.157, pp.215-248. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v40i157.347.

In this research project, we set out to analyze the construction of the idea of a nation based on the political use of historical memory that was nurtured from 1821 to 1829 through rituals, readings and civic discourses. That period was characterized, among many other elements, by a growing interest in defining who should be considered the nation’s founding fathers and national heroes, complemented by celebrations held to commemorate Mexico’s birth as an independent country. Particularly interesting in this context was the construction of a new mythology based on a series of symbols that were chosen because of their foundational characteristics; especially the founding fathers and the Virgin of Guadalupe, symbols that served to promote the idea of a long-established nation with a nationalist historiography.

Keywords : Nation; memory; rhetoric; identity; homogeneity.

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