Celebrating Insurrection: The Commemoration And Representation Of The Nineteenth-century Mexican Pronunciamiento (the Mexican Experience)
by Will Fowler /
2013 / English / PDF
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The
Thepronunciamiento
pronunciamiento, a formal list of grievances designed
to spark political change in nineteenth-century Mexico, was a
problematic yet necessary practice. Although pronunciamientos
rarely achieved the goals for which they were undertaken and
sometimes resulted in armed rebellion, they were nonetheless both
celebrated and commemorated, and the perceptions and
representations of pronunciamientos themselves reflected the
Mexican people’s response to these “revolutions.”
, a formal list of grievances designed
to spark political change in nineteenth-century Mexico, was a
problematic yet necessary practice. Although pronunciamientos
rarely achieved the goals for which they were undertaken and
sometimes resulted in armed rebellion, they were nonetheless both
celebrated and commemorated, and the perceptions and
representations of pronunciamientos themselves reflected the
Mexican people’s response to these “revolutions.”
The third in a series of books examining the pronunciamiento,
this collection addresses the complicated legacy of
pronunciamientos and their place in Mexican political culture.
The essays explore the sacralization and legitimization of these
revolts and of their leaders in the nation’s history and consider
why these celebrations proved ultimately ineffective in
consecrating the pronunciamiento as a force for good, rather than
one motivated by desires for power, promotion, and plunder.
The third in a series of books examining the pronunciamiento,
this collection addresses the complicated legacy of
pronunciamientos and their place in Mexican political culture.
The essays explore the sacralization and legitimization of these
revolts and of their leaders in the nation’s history and consider
why these celebrations proved ultimately ineffective in
consecrating the pronunciamiento as a force for good, rather than
one motivated by desires for power, promotion, and plunder.Celebrating Insurrection
Celebrating Insurrection offers readers interpretations of
acts of celebration and commemoration that explain the uneasy
adoption of pronunciamientos as Mexico’s preferred means of
effecting political change during this turbulent period in the
nation’s history.
offers readers interpretations of
acts of celebration and commemoration that explain the uneasy
adoption of pronunciamientos as Mexico’s preferred means of
effecting political change during this turbulent period in the
nation’s history.
