A geography of hard times : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 / / Angela Perez Mejia ; translated by Dick Cluster

• Autore: Perez Mejia Angela
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 918.042
• Soggetto topico: Travelers' writings, European - History and criticism; Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - History - 18th century; Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - History - 19th century; Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - Attitudes
• Soggetto geografico: Andes Region Description and travel; Andes Region Social life and customs
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""A GEOGRAPHY OF HARD TIMES""; ""Contents""; ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A geography of hard times
• ISBN: 9780791485453; 0791485455; 9781423739401; 142373940X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966724003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture