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從殖民到獨立－西屬美洲的集體認同
The Collective Identity of Hispano-America: From Colonial to Independence
並列摘要
As result of the Spanish colonization, Latin American society appears and divides en several ethnic groups: European, Creoles, mestizos, and Indian natives. These mention ethnic groups have their own culture, and base on the political resources control, the ethnic groups also can be considered as social classes. In the colonial period, those European who came from Spain kingdom were the privilege class, they controlled the political resource and were faithful to their mother country in Europe. However, those Creoles, who born in Hispano-America with parents European, although lived in good social condition but they were political minority. Through the political right fighting process, the creoles start pay attention on the life atmosphere in colonial territory. Cross the independence movements, the Latin America Spanish realize their real condition and start to form a new identity which is different from their European ancestors. This article is trying to review the historical collective identity of the Spanish American during sixteen to nineteen century. The origin of the idea of ”Nuestra America” (our America) and the transformation of the collective identity of the Spanish American are the centre focus of the study.