Identidad, separatismo y clivaje oculto en Yucatán. La idea de «excepcionalidad» yucateca como fantasía permanente en el imaginario local

This study explores the persistence of the idea of Yucatecan «exceptionalism» as a historical, political, and cultural construction that diverges from Mexico’s national narrative. Through the analysis of unresolved historical cleavages, it examines how this exceptionalism is reproduced in separatist movements and contemporary identity discourses. The paper argues that exceptionalism is neither an innate trait of Yucatecans nor the result of isolated regional development, but rather the outcome of enduring structural tensions. The research is framed within contemporary literature on cleavages, regional political identities, and regionalisms in Mexico and Latin America, offering a critical reading of exceptionalism as a persistent fantasy in the Yucatecan collective imagination.