Abstract

BARRIOS CRISTALDO, Cleopatra. Configuration of the Argentinian Nation in the Image of the Popular Saint Gaucho Antonio Gil. Mem. Soc. [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.40, pp.205-221. ISSN 0122-5197.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.mys20-40.cnai.

This work deals with the construction of identity representations of the nation woven in the image of the popular Argentinian saint Gaucho Antonio Gil. This figure configured itself in the national imaginary as one symbols most filled with the popular Argentinian religiousness. Many scholars have even come to consider the image as a symbol of all things Argentinian, and its meaning to go beyond the religious context. Thus, this reflection enquires into the memories that built this figure and some of the expansion trajectories of devotion. Likewise, it analyzes how this icon updates and recreates myths, foundation of the national identity, and alternate representation schemes from multiple appropriation processes. The information used in this text comes f rom three field works carried out in January 2010, 2011, and 2012, during the Gaucho Gil festivities in Mercedes, Corrientes; additional to the analysis of images and several different circulating documents.

Keywords : representations; identities; iconography; Gaucho Gil; Argentina.

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