Pérez-Mejía A Geography of Hard Times

Narratives about Travel to South America, 1780-1849
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8545-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pérez-Mejía, Ángela

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cluster, Dick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.