Mestizaje nacional: una historia “negra” por contar / National miscegenation: a “negro” history yet to be toldPosted in Articles, Caribbean/Latin America, History, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive on 2012-11-22 15:12Z by Steven |
Memoria y Sociedad
Volume 14, Number 29 (2010)
pages 91-105
Diana Catalina Zapata-Cortés
Historiadora de la Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
This work analyzes the “negro” representation in the projects of folklore diffusion that spread in the decade 1950-1960 as a product of a socio-political context characterized for its need to redefine national Latin-American identities. In Colombia, this process started in 1930 through the Liberal Republic educational policy, and was designed from the idea of a “mixed race country”. The following document carefully explores the work and cultural management exerted by Delia and Manuel Zapata Olivella, two important milestones in the intellectual and cultural fields of the country. They became known for their contribution to the understanding of folklore and the inclusion of “negros” within national memory.
Read the entire article (in Spanish) here.