Abstract

BERMUDEZ H., Luz del Rocío. De Francia y franceses que no lo fueron: Borduin y Dugelay —Chiapas, Siglo XIX—. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2009, vol.4, n.7, pp.227-260. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2009.7.189.

Scarcely and poorly documented, the French migration in Chiapas during the 19th century may find a vein of research  in the cases of Borduin and Dugelay, father and son, in the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas. The first, known as “French” although in reality originating from francophone Canada, converted after 1839 into a central local figure, among other aspects, due to his esteemed profession amidst continuous epidemic outbreaks. More than four decades later, in the boom of French influence in Mexico, Diego Dugelay for his part enjoyed the double privilege of his father’s origin and the social, political and economic power inherited from his mother. In addition to the individual testimony, both trajectories, at times contrasting and others complementary, also demonstrate certain mechanisms, aspirations and paradoxes occurred in Chiapas during its first opening toward the “overseas brothers.”

Keywords : Local history; representations; French culture; national identities; French migration; 19th century.

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