CULTURAL MEMORY AND IDENTITY CONFLICTS IN TACNA: A DISCUSSION ON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE TACNEÑA LADY AND THE INVISIBILIZATION OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN

Seperak M.M.P. · Dialogo Andino (2023) · DOI: 10.4067/s0719-26812023000200236

Resumen

The city of Tacna, located in the extreme south of Peru on the border with Chile, is recognized in Peru for its exalted patriotic fervor. In the configuration of this idiosyncrasy, the “lady from Tacna” occupies a central role from its participation in the context of the postwar period of 1879, whose historical events, reproduced through cultural memory, have managed to legitimize in the city a type of female citizenship, current possessor of symbolic power. Based on this, this text discusses how the representation of the “tacneña lady” has been carried out hand in hand with the invisibility of Aymara indigenous women, whose participation in the same historical context is not a founding element of identity local, as is the representation of the lady from Tacna in the social imaginary. In addition, how this fact affects the current identity conflicts in Tacna between tacneños (the local population) and migrants (above all, puneños Aymara residents) is discussed.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada de Tacna