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PALAZON MAYORAL, María Rosa. The Reference: fathers and mothers of the homeland. Family metaphors in Fernández de Lizardi. Lit. mex [online]. 2010, vol.21, n.1, pp.53-66. ISSN 2448-8216.

From 1821 to 1827, Fernández de Lizardi assumed, consciously or unconsciously, that the Mexican United States needed to have a "Reference" or ascendants which would be different than Spain, and which would serve them as collective orderers oriented toward defending the persistence of the nation-state which was being forged. We imaginarily organize ourselves in families because "nation" (from natio, nationis, brood) signifies brotherhood and identification of its members with forms of living-together favorable to the majority. Without justice putting into progress the "Reference," whether mythical or secular, societies can fall into unsociability. In a strongly patriarchal stage, Lizardi gave the status of mothers of the homeland to the women who participated in the epic of independence.

Palabras llave : Fernández de Lizardi; Reference; nation; homeland; woman.

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