Colonising the Land: Heimat and the Constructed Landscapes of Mexicoâs Ciudad Universitaria (1943â1953)

Helen Thomas

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Colonising the Land: Heimat and the Constructed Landscapes of Mexicoâs Ciudad Universitaria (1943â1953)

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401201247_008

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This essay examines the changing meanings of the provocative German word Heimat over the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores how Heimatâs unifying purpose relies on the mythologising of national landscapes, and considers the relevance of the concept in both post-Revolutionary and post-war Mexico. The construction of the University City of Mexico during the 1940s and 50s is used as a case study. The physical realities of the Universityâs original and constructed landscapes are described and assessed as articulations of different political and social relationships with the land.

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Transculturation

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Series:Â Critical Studies, Volume: 27Â andÂ Critical Studies, Volume: 27

E-Book ISBN:: 9789401201247

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2005

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