La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne

The Paraguayan nation was built on the myth of  a hybrid nation composed of the best of the Guarani culture and the best of the Hispanic culture. This hybridization found its expression at the linguistic level in the Guarani / Castilian bilingualism, a myth which started at the time of  the  colonia...

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Main Author: Christine Pic-Gillard
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Groupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire 2008-11-01
Series:Les Cahiers ALHIM
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/3007
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description The Paraguayan nation was built on the myth of  a hybrid nation composed of the best of the Guarani culture and the best of the Hispanic culture. This hybridization found its expression at the linguistic level in the Guarani / Castilian bilingualism, a myth which started at the time of  the  colonial Paraguay and has continued  during contemporary democratic Paraguay. The use of the Guarani language has certainly allowed the construction of the specific national identity based on a bilingualism and a bi-culture shared by all the citizens.Nevertheless new obstacles have emerged which question the opportunity to develop a minority language while Spanish is expanding in  North and South Americas and while the command of English seems to be an asset for emerging countries. Just when the myth of  a hybrid Hispanic-Guarani nation was going to become reality with the enforcement of bilingual education , a new myth is coming up, the myth of the Guarani Nation.
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spelling doaj.art-add6151b6d8d4fa7b4253e31877afe782024-02-14T15:16:59ZspaGroupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et MémoireLes Cahiers ALHIM1628-67311777-51752008-11-011610.4000/alhim.3007La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenneChristine Pic-GillardThe Paraguayan nation was built on the myth of  a hybrid nation composed of the best of the Guarani culture and the best of the Hispanic culture. This hybridization found its expression at the linguistic level in the Guarani / Castilian bilingualism, a myth which started at the time of  the  colonial Paraguay and has continued  during contemporary democratic Paraguay. The use of the Guarani language has certainly allowed the construction of the specific national identity based on a bilingualism and a bi-culture shared by all the citizens.Nevertheless new obstacles have emerged which question the opportunity to develop a minority language while Spanish is expanding in  North and South Americas and while the command of English seems to be an asset for emerging countries. Just when the myth of  a hybrid Hispanic-Guarani nation was going to become reality with the enforcement of bilingual education , a new myth is coming up, the myth of the Guarani Nation.https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/3007mixed racesmythguaraníParaguaymulticulturalism
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La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
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myth
guaraní
Paraguay
multiculturalism
title La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
title_full La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
title_fullStr La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
title_full_unstemmed La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
title_short La langue guarani, symbole instrumentalisé de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
title_sort la langue guarani symbole instrumentalise de la construction de la nation paraguayenne
topic mixed races
myth
guaraní
Paraguay
multiculturalism
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