NARRANDO AL SUJETO HISTÓRICO POPULAR: ESCRITURA HISTORIOGRÁFICA EN LA NUEVA HISTORIA SOCIAL CHILENA (1985-2012)

Abstract

The New Chilean Social History was a historiographic trend that emerged in the mid-1980s. It was characterized by its dedication to the study of popular themes, but also by the deliberate use of historiographic narrative as a form of knowledge construction, very close to how language is used in literature. This article explores the historiographic writing strategies of two Chilean historians who represent the New Social History, María Angélica Illanes and Gabriel Salazar, and it identifies their writing strategies and assesses their epistemic contribution to the construction of historical knowledge.