REPRESENT THE PROGRESS, PRESERVE THE TRADITION:CIVIC PARTIES IN THE PROVINCE OF ÑUBLE 1900-1910

Abstract

The object of the present investigation is to examine the festivities in the province of Ñublearound representations and patriotism between 1900-1910. First, the conformation of sociability and national identity is analyzed. Secondly, it seeks to identify its origin as an invented tradition, a concept established by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger. In the third place, applying the aforementioned, the festivities in the province of Ñuble are analyzed, as a means to promote a discourse of modernization that allows civilizing and moralizing the population. A fourth category, analyzes the charity parties, which sought to channel the 'Other' (Wagner); and a last category of analysis will refer to the civic celebrations in honor of the military glories of Chile and its heroes.