%0 Journal Article
%T Identity Construction from Violence: the Corrido de Joaqu¨ªn Murrieta
%A Barrios Tinoco
%A Sonia
%J 452o F : Revista de Teor¨ªa de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada
%D 2012
%I Asociaci¨®n 452?F
%X Through the analysis of the Corrido de Joaqu¨ªn Murrieta, this article studies the mechanisms through which identity fictions and symbolic capital (Bourdieu) are created. In this case the elements mentioned above have its origins in a resistance movement that reacts to the violence and imposition exercised by one nation upon another. The legend of Joaqu¨ªn Murrieta was born after the conflict between Mexico and The United States (1846-1848). He is a hero for the Mexicans and a bandit for the latter. In this study we will trace the story of the character in its different variations in diverse cultural products and analyze how he became a hero avenger and is part of the national imaginary as a representative not only of the Mexicans but also of other minority and oppressed groups.
%K Violence
%K Identity fictions
%K Corrido
%K Joaquin Murrieta
%K Cultural products
%U http://www.452f.com/pdf/numero06/barrios/06_452f_barrios_indiv.pdf