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- Title
El bandido como "traidor" y la dicotomía del "bandidaje" en Aguascalientes, 1861-1880.
- Authors
Carlos Gómez, Víctor Manuel
- Abstract
This article explores the definition of banditry and the specific meanings it had been attributed by different social groups. It would allow to understand banditry as a broad phenomenon in which bandits as well as those who were affected directly and indirectly participated. Bandits were also used by different actors as a political means to achieve their own goals. In the time frame and areas covered by this study, banditry had been a dichotomous phenomenon: on the one hand, the political opponents raised in arms, on the other, the assailants on the way. The bandit-factious attempted to eradicate the liberal political class, because it hampered the exercise of the government, questioned legitimacy and prevented the consolidation of the state. He was depicted as traitor of the country, since he was believed to infringe the institutional order and national security. The bandit-robber instead mostly affected people living in villages and ranches. His dishonest way of earning a living was perceived as a dishonourable act, since villagers valued a lot honest work. Moreover, bandits also disrupted the neighbourly ties and private property. Therefore, they were judged as despicable men worthy of repudiation and deserving rejection.
- Subjects
AGUASCALIENTES (Mexico); TRAITORS; ROBBERS; REPUDIATION (Public finance); SOCIAL groups; NINETEENTH century; MEXICAN history; HISTORY
- Publication
Chronica Mundi, 2016, Vol 11, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
2239-7515
- Publication type
Article