Uma perspectiva sobre a identidade mexicana na obra de David Alfaro Siqueiros (1920-1959)
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2009-10-23
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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This work has for proposal the analysis of the construction of a Mexican identity under the
perspective of David Alfaro Siqueiros. This artist is an important character for the
understanding of the transformations occurred in the Mexican society under the revolutionary
context. The Mexican Revolution succeeded in motivating and involving the whole society
and, due to the great popular participation in the uprisings, engendered the need to rethink this
population contingent, surpassing the political and military character, and greatly affecting the
culture. The muralist movement, on which Siqueiros took part, was significant to this
question, since it tried to represent the inferior classes, inserting them in the official discourse.
Under this perspective it is valid to point out that the analysis of the construction of identities
is intrinsically connected to the social and political imaginary. In the Latin-American
countries and especially in Mexico, object of this study, this relationship is directly connected
to the notion of miscegenation. We cannot discuss Mexican identity without taking into
consideration this question that is crystalline in the muralist movement and consequently in
the work of Siqueiros. This identitary process is essential for the individual to engender the
nation since it makes possible the integration between individual and society, despite its
ocurrence in a contradictory manner, since it includes and excludes simultaneously. Hence,
the emphasis of this work consists in the comprehension of how the Mexican historical
context supported the Siqueirian identitary discourse.
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BARBOSA, Luciana Coelho. A perspective on Mexican identity in the work of David Alfaro Siqueiros (1920-1959). 2009. 111 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Humanas) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2009.