Not Uncomfortable Cultural Legacies: Hispanophilia and Nation in the Eyes of Durango Intellectuals at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

This article incorporates reflections on Mexican nationalist ideas at the dawn of the twentieth century from the perspective of the intellectuals of Durango. In their columns in the local press, two little-studied journalists used a cultural and artistic expression–Zarzuela theater–as an instrument...

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Author: Tovar Mota, Valentina
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:México
Institution:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repository:Historia Mexicana
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/4701
Online Access:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4701
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Durango
identidad regional
nacionalismo
Antonio Gaxiola
Francisco Sosa y Ávila
zarzuela
Porfiriato
Duranto
regional identity
nationalism
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Summary:This article incorporates reflections on Mexican nationalist ideas at the dawn of the twentieth century from the perspective of the intellectuals of Durango. In their columns in the local press, two little-studied journalists used a cultural and artistic expression–Zarzuela theater–as an instrument for communicating a set of ideas and values regarding regional identity, emphasizing a Hispanophilia inherited from the Conquest and the colonial era. This allowed for an approach to the definition of the nation and local identitarian processes that took place in the periphery of central-northern Mexico from an uncommon perspective, one with additional nuances of meaning.