COSTUMBRISMO IN EL MUSEO MEXICANO AND REVISTA CIENTÍFICA Y LITERARIA: REPRESENT AND IMAGINEMEXICANS

Abstract

This paper studies the artículos de costumbres of the Mexican illustrated magazines El Museo Mexicano (1843-1846), directed in its first period by Guillermo Prieto and Manuel Payno, and Revista Científica y Literaria (1845-1846), also edited by both. It analyzes the article titled "Cuadros de costumbres" by Prieto, which should be considered programmatic, and studies the articles as a part of a project to Mexicanize the country, to define and reform the new Mexican nation. It also focuses on the on the complex dynamics that it maintains with respect to foreign influence, especially French and Spanish. At the same time, it pays attention to the will of the publishers to build a nation that is geographically and socially inclusive.