La communauté symbolique des nations de l’arc-en-ciel, ou la trace d’un rêve

There is one perceptible paradox in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela: the derision shown by the common man about the narrative and iconic construction of official history almost never encompasses the three-colour rainbow flag that theses countries share. Should we interpret that attitude as an expres...

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Main Author: Georges Lomné
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Université Paris 3 2005-12-01
Series:Cahiers des Amériques Latines
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cal/8019
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Summary:There is one perceptible paradox in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela: the derision shown by the common man about the narrative and iconic construction of official history almost never encompasses the three-colour rainbow flag that theses countries share. Should we interpret that attitude as an expression of denial of the invented tradition associated to the Nation-State, and therefore as nostalgia of the Bolivarian Homeland? In other words the text will deal with Georges Duby’s assertion according to which: “the trace of a dream is not less real than that of a step”.
ISSN:1141-7161
2268-4247