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RAMIREZ RODRIGUEZ, Rodolfo. The representation of “the indígena” among foreign travelers in Mexico, 1824-1867. Let. hist. [online]. 2015, n.12, pp.59-90. ISSN 2448-8372.  https://doi.org/10.31836/lh.12.1776.

This article will try to evaluate the writing of foreign travelers as a useful historical source to study the process of the formation of the Mexican identity. Descriptions given by visitors to the indigenous groups in the centre of the country between 1824-1867 provide a basis to reconstitute the character, attitude and social problems of the native groups which allows us to study not only the cultural impediments to their development, but also the process of the formation of a representation of what is now called “national”.

Palavras-chave : representation; archetypes; stereotypes; indigenous groups; foreign travelers.