A GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION IN Coats of arms of LATIN AMERICA
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2012-11-01
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Berg, James Joseph [UNESP]
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Univ Barcelona, Dept Geografia Humana
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This article seeks to reflect on geographic representation in the coats of arms of countries in Latin America, showing how the physical, aspects of the landscape, the elements of the economy and the republican symbols were used by local elites to compose an imaginary nation in the nineteenth century. This process of "naturalization of territory" was used as an important feature in the national discourse, because this time, in most cases, the Latin American nations were composed of multi-ethnic states, with strong differences of class and a large illiterate population plus a very tenuous territory from the point of view of national integration. Thus, the elements related to geographic image through the use of coats of arms, conveyed strong messages to citizens, showing how these heraldic symbols can become an important source of research to unravel the process of building the imaginary nation.
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heraldry, geography, Latin nationalism
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Scripta Nova-revista Electronica de Geografia Y Ciencias Sociales. Barcelona: Univ Barcelona, Dept Geografia Humana, v. 16, n. 418, p. 7, 2012.