Revista de Estudios Sociales (Aug 2014)

Los usos del folclore y la construcción de una identidad regional "costeña" y nacional en la obra de Antonio Brugés Carmona, 1940-1950

  • Hugues R. Sánchez Mejía,
  • Adriana Santos Delgado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7440/res49.2014.11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49
pp. 145 – 158

Abstract

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In this article we highlight the leading role that a "costeño" intellectual had between 1940 and 1950 in the formation of a regional identity based on folklorization of local artistic expressions (music and dance), and his attempt to articulate a national identity in Colombia. Based on the few writings of this intellectual we intend to show that the construction of a regional identity experienced tensions and negotiations, given the cultural affinities of the author and, above all, the need of the liberal governments and the Colombian state to construct a broader idea of nation.

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