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Cultural Identity, Religion, and Globalization in Latin America. Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Martin de Porres as Clear Examples of Interculturalism and Instruments of Mediation among Different Weltanschauungen
Latin America is a part of that Global village whereâaccording to Marc AugĂ©âplaces, time, and space exist in abundance and where the presumed unique nature of the Western model clashes with the image of the âotherâ. (AugĂ© (2009); Salgues (2016), p. 114) Thus, while the formation of a multiethnic and multicultural societyâone based on the principle of tolerance, in which diversity and homologation should coexist without conflictâis hoped for, the spread of such categories as ethnicity and minority underscores the dissimilarities of our time. Starting from such basic concepts as, for example, religion, culture, otherness, and identity, and with the analysis of two case studiesâOur Lady of Guadalupe and Saint MartĂn de Porresâthe aim is to raise a problem: does a Latin American cultural identity exist? And how can it be identified