Octavio Méndez Pereira and panamanian foundational fiction
Utilizing Sommers concept of foundational fictions, this essay analyzes Octavio Méndez Pereiras novel Nuñez de Balboa (1934). The article argues that the novel became a vehicle of Panamanian nationalism, presenting the isthmus as an Hispanic, mestizo nation and as a country without ties to the Afr...
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Universidad de Quintana Roo
2002
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Utilizing Sommers concept of foundational fictions, this essay analyzes Octavio Méndez Pereiras novel Nuñez de Balboa (1934). The article argues that the novel became a vehicle of Panamanian nationalism, presenting the isthmus as an Hispanic, mestizo nation and as a country without ties to the Afro-Caribbean world. This vision arises principally from the books main characters, Balboa and the indigenous princess Anayansi. Their romance projects the idea of a homogenous nation, contrasting sharply with the tumult of early twentieth-century, including the immigration of thousands of West Indians. Nuñez de Balboa illustrates the cultural strategies of Panamas elite and its desire to control the process of modernization. |
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