In defense of the indigenism

Abstract

"Indigenism” as a literary, cultural, ideological and political movement constitutes a theme of necessary reference in our cultural and literary national tradition. Studies on this current started in the first decades of the 20th century when it was given the privilege of being at the centre of literary debate. Later on, following the initial perspective, this current, whatever name it has taken (regionalism, andeanism, mariateguism, humalism, etc.), has been evaluated critically, along our historical process. This article aims it backing indigenism as a movement and discusing some opposite positions, particulary that of Mirko Lauer's.