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A Geography of Hard Times - Ángela Pérez-Mejía

A Geography of Hard Times

Narratives about Travel to South America, 1780-1849
Buch | Hardcover
179 Seiten
2004
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-6013-9 (ISBN)
CHF 127,00 inkl. MwSt
Unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience.
This fascinating glimpse into South America's past focuses on the works of four European voyagers who came to South America and left a legacy of travel writing in their wake: José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish botanist and doctor; Alexander von Humboldt, a German geographer; Maria Graham, a British historian; and Flora Tristán, a French feminist and labor activist whose father was Peruvian. Each took on his or her voyage as a personal endeavor, and collectively their travels covered the Andes from its northern traces in Venezuela to the southern heights of Chile and Arequipa. Their writing contributed to the construction of a complex map of the Andes in which many levels of physical and social geography may be read. By analyzing the travelers' narratives, illustrations, and maps, Ángela Pérez-Mejía unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience, explores its impact on both the object of description and the traveler's subjectivity, and the collective readership seeking a discourse of nationhood.

Ángela Pérez-Mejía is an Associate Professor in the Romance and Comparative Literature Department at Brandeis University. The Spanish version of this book won honorable mention in the literary essay category, International Literary Prize, Casa de las Américas, Cuba, 2000.

Acknowledgments



List of Illustrations


Introduction


PART I: THE SCHOLAR AND THE BARON: VOYAGE OF THE EXACT SCIENCES


Introduction to Part I


1. Mutis, or the Trap of Mutisia Clematis


2. Humboldt: The Silences and Complicities of Cartography


PART II: THE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST AND THE PARIAH: VOYAGE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES


Introduction to Part II


3. Graham: The White Daughter of the East, or a Foreigner in Indomitable Lands


4. Tristán, or the Incendiary Geography of a Pilgrim Pariah


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.4.2004
Reihe/Serie SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Übersetzer Dick Cluster
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 363 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Südamerika
ISBN-10 0-7914-6013-4 / 0791460134
ISBN-13 978-0-7914-6013-9 / 9780791460139
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