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Copyright CEDLA - Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation Apr 2004

Abstract

En el relato de la tradición charra se situan sus 'origenes' en la región occidente del país; sin embargo, la innegable presencia de rancheros y de charros en otras regiones - particularmente en el Estado de México, en donde los charros se caracterizaban por su riqueza y su abolengo - ha sido integrada en este relato como la prueba de que 'ser charro es ser mexicano'; es decir, la tradición vendría a ser la columna vertebral que integra a la comunidad charra por encima de los regionalismos en una narrativa que cubre las diferencias y uniforma a sus miembros tanto con símbolos visibles (el traje, la actividad deportiva, etc.) como con un sistema de valores, ideales y creencias. [...]the characteristic elements of the central western region of Mexico more specifically Jalisco - gradually dominated as the typical features for a national identity over other features offered from a countrywide pool. Due to a variety of reasons, the central western region of Mexico has played a key role in the formation of a nationalist discourse required to fortify the modern Mexican State. The proposed mode of analysis is through the study of the cultural group of 'charros' from the State of Jalisco, on the basis that the idea of the figure of 'el charro' - imagined as originating in Jalisco - is a reference for that which is 'typically Mexican', concentrating symbolic and other functions which define, among other aspects, internal national boundaries.

Details

Title
El papel de la charrería como fenómeno cultural en la construcción del Occidente de México
Author
Palomar, Cristina
Pages
83-98,159,161
Publication year
2004
Publication date
Apr 2004
Publisher
CEDLA - Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation
ISSN
09240608
e-ISSN
18794750
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
208911086
Copyright
Copyright CEDLA - Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation Apr 2004