The Gachupín Conspiracy in El Hijo del Ahuizote
The theory of conspiracy, that is, the idea that national problems are due to the plots of certain social and political groups, usually conceived with strong xenophobic traits, has played a central role in the appearance and development of nationalistic movements. By analyzing the images that a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Historia Mexicana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/1558 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/1558 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mexico press nationalism Spain 19th Century 20th Century México prensa nacionalismo España siglo XIX siglo XX |
| Sumario: | The theory of conspiracy, that is, the idea that national problems are due to the plots of certain social and political groups, usually conceived with strong xenophobic traits, has played a central role in the appearance and development of nationalistic movements. By analyzing the images that appeared in El Hijo del Ahuizote, a popular Mexican magazine published in the late- nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the author reveals how the Mexican nationalism of the time created a certain image of the gachupín, as well as some peculiarities of this nationalism, its effect on Mexico's political life and the complex relations btween the Mexican imaginary and anything related to Spain. |
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