La formación de las identidades y los imaginarios nacionales en Cuba a inicios del siglo XIX

Abstract

This paper analyze the process of birth and formation of the Cuban national consciousness from the perspective of iconic imaginary. In the formation of this iconic imaginary, European painters and engravers played a very prominent role. This imaginary, when applied to the old continent, even today still plays a transcendental role in our vision of the American world and of the Cuban world in particular. Moreover, we shall see how this imaginary world was adopted and became part of consciousness and national identity.