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A comemoração do centenário da independência no México: o Paseo de la Reforma como palco para a pacificação do passado em 1910

2011; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4013/htu.2011.151.06

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Luiz Estevam de Oliveira Fernandes,

Photographic and Visual Arts

Th e text discusses the Porfi rian project that shaped the commemorations of the fi rst centennial of the Mexican independence, analyzing the construction of monuments and a civic parade that took place at the Paseo de la Reforma avenue. Th is project, designed to pacify the past, intended to show Mexico as a country of solid mestizo (Spaniard and Aztec) traditions, whitened, rich and fl ourishing. Th e relations between material culture, memory and this project of mestizaje are discussed in the article’s conclusion.Key words: commemoration, Porfiriate, memory, material culture, mestizaje.