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https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/84993| Título : | Octavio Méndez Pereira and panamanian foundational fiction |
| Palabras clave : | Estudios Culturales;Octavio Méndez Pereira;Foundational fiction;Panama;mestizo nation |
| Editorial : | Universidad de Quintana Roo |
| Descripción : | Utilizing Sommer's concept of foundational fictions, this essay analyzes Octavio Méndez Pereira's novel Nuñez de Balboa (1934). The article argues that the novel became a vehicle of Panamanian nationalism, presenting the isthmus as an Hispanic, mestizo nation and as a country without ties to the Afro-Caribbean world. This vision arises principally from the book's main characters, Balboa and the indigenous princess Anayansi. Their romance projects the idea of a homogenous nation, contrasting sharply with the tumult of early twentieth-century, including the immigration of thousands of West Indians. Nuñez de Balboa illustrates the cultural strategies of Panama's elite and its desire to control the process of modernization. |
| URI : | http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/84993 |
| Otros identificadores : | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=12871404 |
| Aparece en las colecciones: | Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social - CIESAS - Cosecha |
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