The Emperor of Ixcateopan
Fraud, Nationalism and Memory in Modern Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3426257 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Gillingham (University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 561-584 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x05009466 |
| OpenAlex | W2149491967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article analyses the forgery and discovery of the purported tomb of Cuauhtémoc, the last Mexica emperor. An eclectic collection of contemporary sources outlines a subtle interplay between elites, cultural managers and peasants, who alternately collaborated and competed in manipulating the would-be invention. Groups traditionally undervalued in studies of nationalism, namely villagers and petty bureaucrats, went far beyond the mimesis of elites to significantly reshape parts of the national narrative. Their entrepreneurial success in manipulating nationalist symbols demonstrates that the instrumentalist use of the past is a cross-class activity
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Emperor · Epistemology · Instrumentalism · Literature · Narrative · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |