Abstract

During the late nineteenth century, the Mexican picturesque, through its seemingly innocent charm, veiled its political function and promoted sentiments of national pride. From its ideological foundation in colonial racial politics, this pictorial convention negotiated cultural identity in the newly independent republic by exalting the history of its Indigenous peoples while undermining their subjectivity. By understanding the picturesque as a by-product of the global literary style of sentimentality, we can recognize images of nation building that celebrate a sanitized history, appealing to human emotions in order to justify the supremacy of what was considered enlightened modern civilization.

摘要

十九世纪末期，墨西哥的风景如画，通过其看似纯真的魅力，掩盖了其政治职能，并激发了民族自豪感。从殖民地种族政治的意识形态基础出发，这幅绘画公约通过崇高土著人民的历史同时破坏了他们的主观性，在新独立的共和国中协商了文化认同。通过理解风景如画是全球文学感伤风格的副产品，我们可以认识到庆祝清洁历史，诉求人类情感的国家建设形象，以证明被认为是开明现代文明的至高无上。