Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press

Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press

Abstract: This article explores a small sampling of the broader discursive climate surrounding conservativism in Porfirian Mexico. I analyze conservative strategies to politically valence language, dictionaries, and especially neologisms. Ironically, Porfirian conservatives consistently activated th...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Anzzolin,Kevin M.
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad Academia Humanismo Cristiano.Escuela de Historia 2020
Materias:
conservative sensibilities
the press
Mexico
neologisms
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-56992020000100101
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:scielo:S0719-56992020000100101
record_format dspace
spelling oai:scielo:S0719-569920200001001012021-01-04Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative PressAnzzolin,Kevin M. conservative sensibilities the press Mexico neologisms Abstract: This article explores a small sampling of the broader discursive climate surrounding conservativism in Porfirian Mexico. I analyze conservative strategies to politically valence language, dictionaries, and especially neologisms. Ironically, Porfirian conservatives consistently activated the language of science-traditionally deemed the remit of liberalism-to gain a foothold in their ongoing cultural war. Finally, I also allude the thought of Émile Durkheim so as to show that Porfirian conservativism ultimately aimed to sacralize the prevailing social order.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Academia Humanismo Cristiano.Escuela de HistoriaTiempo histórico n.20 20202020-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-56992020000100101en10.25074/th.v0i20.1735
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic conservative sensibilities
the press
Mexico
neologisms
spellingShingle conservative sensibilities
the press
Mexico
neologisms
Anzzolin,Kevin M.
Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press
description Abstract: This article explores a small sampling of the broader discursive climate surrounding conservativism in Porfirian Mexico. I analyze conservative strategies to politically valence language, dictionaries, and especially neologisms. Ironically, Porfirian conservatives consistently activated the language of science-traditionally deemed the remit of liberalism-to gain a foothold in their ongoing cultural war. Finally, I also allude the thought of Émile Durkheim so as to show that Porfirian conservativism ultimately aimed to sacralize the prevailing social order.
author Anzzolin,Kevin M.
author_facet Anzzolin,Kevin M.
author_sort Anzzolin,Kevin M.
title Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press
title_short Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press
title_full Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press
title_fullStr Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press
title_full_unstemmed Language Invaders, Dirty Words, and Insalubrious Neologisms in Porfirian Mexico’s Conservative Press
title_sort language invaders, dirty words, and insalubrious neologisms in porfirian mexico’s conservative press
publisher Universidad Academia Humanismo Cristiano.Escuela de Historia
publishDate 2020
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-56992020000100101
work_keys_str_mv AT anzzolinkevinm languageinvadersdirtywordsandinsalubriousneologismsinporfirianmexico8217sconservativepress
_version_ 1714207250164219904

Ejemplares similares