The Reinvention of Mexico in Contemporary Spanish Travel Writing
Vanderbilt University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8265-0211-7 (ISBN)
The long history of transatlantic movement in the Spanish-speaking world has had a significant impact on present-day concepts of Mexico and the implications of representing Mexico and Latin America more generally in Spain, Europe, and the world. In addition to analyzing texts that have received little to no critical attention, the book examines the connections between contemporary travel, including the local dynamics of encounters and the global circulation of information, and the significant influence of the history of exchange between Spain and Mexico in the construction of existing ideas of place.
To frame the analysis of contemporary travel writing, the book examines key moments in the history of Mexican-Spanish relations, including the origins of narratives regarding Spaniards' sense of Mexico's similarity to and difference from Spain. This history underpins the discussion of the role of Spanish travelers in their encounters with Mexican peoples and places and their reflection on their own role as communicators of cultural meaning and participants in the tourist economy with its impact-both negative and positive-on places.
Jane Hanley is a senior lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Idea of Mexico: Historical and Touristic Narratives
Spain as Origin and Mexico as Destination
Spain in the Travel Economy and Managing Mexico
The Idea of Mexico: Text and Context
Chapter 2: Memory, Text and Expectation
Vanishing Empires: Francisco Solano in the Postcolonial Present
‘Un viaje que huye del tÓpico’?
Between the Lost City and the Unchanging Place: Eduardo JordÁ from Mallorca to Mexico
Chapter 3: Violence, Instability and Danger
Alfonso Armada and Corina Arranz’s Mobile Frontiers
Alfredo SemprÚn’s Viajes desaconsejables: Producing Novelty and Consuming Violence
Chapter 4: Describing Selves in Worlds
Chiapas in Heredero’s Chiapas: Colonialities of Perception, Sensory Nature and Indigenous Subjects
Mourelo Following Turner Following the Yaqui in Donde mueren los dioses
Historiography in Motion: In the Footsteps of Cabeza de Vaca
Conclusion: On Writing a Twenty-first Century Hispanic Transatlantic
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Tennessee |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 372 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8265-0211-3 / 0826502113 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8265-0211-7 / 9780826502117 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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