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March 1, 1988Journal of Historical Sociology306 citations

The Effects of Truth: Re‐Presentations of the Past and the Imagining of Community

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AAAna Alonso

Key Points

  • The research aims to explore how representations of the past influence social identities and group configurations in Mexico.
  • The study analyzes both official and popular historical discourses in Mexico.
  • It examines the interplay between truth, power, and representation of history.
  • A qualitative approach is employed to understand the effects of these discourses on social memory.
  • Representations of history significantly affect community identity and social meaning.
  • Historical discourses contribute to the formation of nationalism and social cohesion in Mexico.
  • Power dynamics in these representations reveal underlying hegemony in cultural narratives.

Abstract

Abstract Social memory is integral to the creation of social meaning; representations of the past are central to the symbolic constitution of social groups and social identities. This paper examines the production of effects of truth and power in both official and popular historical discourses in Mexico and demonstrates how representations of the past configure the imagining of community (social memory; official/popular historical discourses; nationalism: revolution; hegemony; Mexico).

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Ana Alonso (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11ccc63c52377937fd43f0https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.1988.tb00003.x
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