Marginalización, denuesto y olvido en la fábrica de héroes

Abstract

Generally speaking, regions peripheral to centralised power and to the great national conflicts (independence, revolution, international war, etcetera.) have difficulty in integrating their heroes in the national pantheon, a fact that acts as a filter for the construction of their own pantheon. The study of regions allows us to understand the process of disparagement of the hero, and also the role that historiography plays in consigning them to oblivion. In addition to these discussions, the paper seeks to show that when there is a dialogue between regional and national historiography the principal characteristic is that the former is subordinated to the latter.

Keywords

• Heroes
• Caste War of Yucatan
• caudillismo
• historiography
• Justo Sierra O’Reilly
• peripheral regions