Fiesta en La Misión
Representar la nación y la comunidad en Baja California
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21474549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Hernández Borja (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Ana Lilia Nieto Camacho (0000-0001-7306-2323, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontera Norte (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0187-7372 • E-ISSN: 2594-0260 |
| Publisher | El Colegio de la Frontera Norte A.C. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33679/rfn.v.e2430 |
| OpenAlex | W4417467613 |
| Language | ES |
| References cited | 7 |
The article analyzes the origins and consolidation of the Fiesta en La Misión, Baja California, founded in 1979, as a process that articulates cultural memory and identity on the northern border of Mexico. The objective is to examine how this celebration operates as an «invented tradition» that integrates local history into a broader national narrative. The methodology combines the theoretical framework of Eric Hobsbawm and Jan Assmann with ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2020 and 2024, including interviews, participant observation, and audiovisual documentation. The findings show that specialists and community actors selected and reorganized historical milestones into a chronology aligned with post-revolutionary historiography, strengthening senses of territorial and national belonging. As a limitation, the study focuses on a specific community and predominant cultural actors. The article concludes that the festival constitutes a dynamic device for the institutionalization of memory, where state cultural policies and community agency converge
Collective memory · Cultural identity · Cultural memory · Nationalism · Cultural and Mythological Studies · Memory, violence, and history · Nationalism and Cultural Identity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |