The Pacific War in The Chilean School Space: Teaching History, Discourses and Ritual Practices, 1879-1929

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35588/rhsm.v27i2.6103

Keywords:

War of the Pacific, School, Nationalism, Commemorations

Abstract

This article examines the role played by Chilean schools in the reproduction of the imaginary of the War of the Pacific in the decades following the conflict. Examining this process from the perspective of the cultural history of the war, the research studies the nationalist uses of the teaching of the history of the conflict in schools, the circulation of patriotic narratives in the context of the school press and teaching activity and, finally, the part that commemorations associated with the war played in the socialization of patriotic discourse and practices in school audiences.

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Author Biographies

  • Gabriel Cid, Universidad San Sebastián

    GABRIEL CID is PhD in History from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. He is academic at the History Institute of the Universidad San Sebastián (Concepción) and ANID-Fondecyt researcher. Specialist in the field of intellectual history, in the construction of national identities and in studies of war and society in the 19th century in Latin America and Chile. He has published 11 books and more than 50 research articles on these topics. His most recent book is La Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1883) (2023, with Carmen Mc Evoy).

  • Camilo Fernández, Universiteit Leiden

    CAMILO FERNÁNDEZ is PhD candidate in History at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. His main areas of research and teaching include intellectual history, the study of ideologies and political theory. He has specialised in the history of socialist thought in Chile, subject he has addressed in several articles in academic journals.

  • Cristóbal Hernández, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

    CRISTÓBAL HERNÁNDEZ is a doctoral student in History and Civilizations at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), attached to the interdisciplinary laboratory Mondes Américains. He holds a BA and MA in History from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research interests include the history of political thought, concepts, and the revolutionary cycle of 1848 in the Andean countries from a connected perspective. He teaches 19th century Latin American history at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris 3).

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Published

2023-11-12

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2023): Wars, Memories and Nationhood in Spanish America. The Paraguayan War (1864-1870) and the War of the Pacific (1879-1883)

Section

Central Dossier

How to Cite

The Pacific War in The Chilean School Space: Teaching History, Discourses and Ritual Practices, 1879-1929. (2023). Revista De Historia Social Y De Las Mentalidades, 27(2), 347-373. https://doi.org/10.35588/rhsm.v27i2.6103