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    The politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africa

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    The contributions to the special section in this issue study recent independence celebrations and other national days in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They explore the role of national days in state-making and nation-building, and examine the performativity of nationalism and the role of performances in national festivities. Placing the case studies in a broader, comparative perspective, the introduction first discusses the role of the state in national celebrations, highlighting three themes: firstly, the political power-play and contested politics of memory involved in the creation of a country’s festive calendar; secondly, the relationship between state control of national days and civic or popular participation or contestation; and thirdly, the complex relationship between regional and ethnic loyalties and national identifications. It then turns to the role of performance and aesthetics in the making of nations in general, and in national celebrations in particular. Finally, we look at the different formats and meanings of national days in the region and address the question whether there is anything specific about national days in southern Africa as compared to other parts of the continent or national celebrations world-wide.Web of Scienc

    Cómo fue que El Negrito salvó a México de los franceses: las fuentes populares de la identidad nacional

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    Durante la Intervención francesa (1861-­1867), el emperador Maxi­imiliano fue objeto del humor satírico, en especial por medio del teatro  guiñol  itinerante. Una de las obras más críticas fue “La Guerra de los Pasteles”, en la que “el Negrito”, un títere célebre que representaba al pueblo mexicano, derrotaba a los franceses. El autor hace una descripción densa de la obra al estilo de Geertz y la convierte en una ventana hacia las actitudes  populares que dieron lugar a la formación de la identidad nacional. La obra y el títere constituyen una de las fuentes populares  que ayudaron a configurar las actitudes hacia la nación y su pueblo.

    La senda del Malbec: la cepa emblemática de Argentina

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    Collaborative Dossier

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    Cuauhtémoc’s Bones: Forging National Identity in Modern Mexico

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