POLITICAL PERFORMATIVITY AND CIVIC RITUALS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APRISMO IN SOUTHERN PERU (TACNA, 1931); [PERFORMATIVIDADE POLÍTICA E RITUAIS CÍVICOS NA CONSTRUÇÃO DO APRISMO NO EXTREMO SUL DO PERU (TACNA, 1931)]

Murillo A.R.V.; Pizarro E.P.; de la Asuncion Pari Bedoya I.N.M. · Interciencia (2025)

Resumen

This essay analyzes the ways in which the Peruvian Aprista Party constructed its political legitimacy in Tacna during 1931 through ritual practices and public performances. Based on a detailed analysis of the newspaper La Nación, the study examines how the party transformed everyday spaces into settings of political meaning, staged elaborate displays of power, and employed music as a central element in its rituals. In the particular context of a city that had recently returned to Peruvian sovereignty after half a century of Chilean occupation, it is argued that APRA articulated the memory of captivity with its national political project, developing a sophisticated ceremonial repertoire that combined traditional nationalist elements with a modern mass political liturgy. This performative strategy proved key to its consolidation as a hegemonic force in the regional sphere.

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad Privada del Norte