Revista de Estudios Sociales

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The Uses of Folklore and the Construction of a National and “Costeña” Regional Identity in the Work of Antonio Carmona Brugés, 1940-1950

No. 49 (2014-05-01)
  • Hugues R. Sánchez Mejía
    Universidad del Valle, Colombia.
  • Adriana Delgado Santos
    Universidad del Valle, Colombia.
https://doi.org/10.7440/res49.2014.11

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Folklorization, identities, intellectual, Magdalena, Colombian Caribbean, Brugés Carmona

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