Printed words, heterogeneity and resistance in Latin America: a theoretical and methodological reflection

Abstract

This article presents theoretical and methodological elements aimed at studying the relationship between printed words and social and cultural heterogeneity in Latin America. The focus is on periodical publications. The purpose is to capture heterogeneity with theoretical and methodological tools attentive to this object of study. The intention that guides the development of the arguments is the approach of the study of heterogeneity from heterogeneity itself. In this case, it is about tracing the heterogeneity in institutionalized discourses, in the stories of relegated or invisible actors and in proclamations of cultural avant-gardes present in magazines published in the first half of the 20th century. The article presents some historical cases of periodical publications from the Latin American context that, as an example, support the meaning of the proposed approach.