This article deals from a continental perspective with the current state of the art and debate in Latin America regarding bicentennials, with particular focus on reflections and questions in Chile thereon. From the standpoint of the history of the present time it approaches present tensions of these festivities in the long term, generated both within the region and beyond. It also explores the traces of the Latin American identity and the various current readings.
Keywords:
latin american bicentennials, memory, identities, culture
Author Biographies
Pedro Martínez Lillo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Profesor titular de historia contemporánea, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Romané Landaeta Sepúlveda, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Doctor (c) en historia contemporánea, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Juan Ignacio Radic Vega, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Doctor (c) en historia contemporánea, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Martínez Lillo, P., Landaeta Sepúlveda, R., & Radic Vega, J. I. (2010). Rethinking the nation and constructing the region: Latin American bicentennials, a view from Spain. Estudios Internacionales, 43(167), p. 7–25. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.2010.12649
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