Travel Reference
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La Catedral (
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A New Intellectual Era
As one century gave way to the next, intellectual circles saw the rise of
indigenismo,
a
continent-wide movement that advocated for a dominant role for indigenous people. In
Peru, this translated into a wide-ranging (if fragmented) cultural movement. Historian
Luis Valcárcel attacked his society's degradation of the indigenous class. Poet César
Vallejo wrote critically acclaimed works that took on oppression. And painter José
Sabogal led a generation of artists who explored indigenous themes in their paintings. In
1928 journalist José Carlos Mariátegui penned
Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian
Reality,
in which he celebrated the communal aspects of the Inca social order. (It remains
vital reading to this day.)
