Andean heritage, colonial heritage and miscegenation in Peru

• Autor: Pereyra Plasencia, Hugo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1993
• Institución: Universidad del Pacífico
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad del Pacífico
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.up.edu.pe:article/369
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.up.edu.pe/index.php/apuntes/article/view/369
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

The article discusses whether Peruvians have managed to forge a national identity similar to those found in Europe. The author maintains the Peruvian national identity does exist and comes across in a variety of forms. Nevertheless he also points out that this identity's distinctive trait is represented in the still delicate issue of racial mixing between Andean and pre-Hispanic cultures. For this reason it is not possible to talk about a national identity in the European sense.