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dc.contributor.authorMason, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-07T03:09:11Z
dc.date.available2019-11-07T03:09:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1479-8360
dc.identifier.doi10.29311/mas.v17i1.2786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/388955
dc.description.abstractOn May 5th, 1862, heavily outnumbered Mexican troops succeeded in defeating the invading French army at the Battle of Puebla. The battle did little to change the war’s outcome, but became a powerful symbol of Mexican national unity that helped to make sense of the violence of the previous decades. Celebrations to commemorate the Cinco de Mayo began almost as soon as the battle had ended, and have since evolved in Puebla to become one of the city’s pre-eminent expressions of civic identity. This article explores the evolution of the battle’s commemorations over a five-year period, during which the city invested in multiple new museums and tourist infrastructure connected to the iconic events. The article focuses on two key heritage precincts, containing six museums that were central to attempts to transform the historic city centre. The article explores how attempts to co-opt historic suffering was used to frame a narrative of civic democracy and inclusion. In so doing, it signals the role of state-level governments in curating a nationally significant memory. It also suggests a need for caution as government co-opts multiple stories into a means to augment its own authority.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Leicester
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom37
dc.relation.ispartofpageto51
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMuseum and Society
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCritical heritage, museum and archive studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLatin and South American history
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode430202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode430317
dc.titleThe Battle of Cinco de Mayo: Memory, Myth, and Museum Practices in Mexico
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMason, R, The Cinco de Mayo: Death, Democracy, and Resistance in Mexican Museums, Museum and Society, 17 (1), pp. 37-51
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.date.updated2019-11-04T05:23:04Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2019 Robert Mason. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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