La fiesta y los movimientos sociales en la promoción de una identidad de barrio. La “Batalla Naval” de Vallekas

Elisabeth Lorenzi Fernández

doi:10.3989/rdtp.2007.v62.i1.29

La fiesta y los movimientos sociales en la promoción de una identidad de barrio. La “Batalla Naval” de Vallekas

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Elisabeth Lorenzi Fernández Investigadora independiente

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https://doi.org/10.3989/rdtp.2007.v62.i1.29

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Vallecas (Madrid), Festival, Ritual, Social movements, Identity

Abstract

Every summer, the people of the district of Puente de Vallecas advocate with a Water War Festival and the slogan «Vallekas, A Seaport» the utopian independence of the area. After analyzing the socio-urban history of this community and the rise and development of the Water Festival, the author reflects upon the role played by ritual in identity-building; more specifically, in the identity of social movements. She also discusses the way in which the dynamics generated by the Festival promotes in practice a certain understanding of the district: since it is a community platform as well as movement from which more democratic action and values can be fostered —as in the early need of handling the most immediate surroundings for the event.

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2007-06-30

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Lorenzi Fernández, E. (2007). La fiesta y los movimientos sociales en la promoción de una identidad de barrio. La “Batalla Naval” de Vallekas. Disparidades. Revista De Antropología, 62(1), 145–165. https://doi.org/10.3989/rdtp.2007.v62.i1.29

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Vol. 62 No. 1 (2007)

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