Overview

This book, written in Spanish, takes a literary and cultural studies model to explain the textual representation of the Galápagos Islands since their discovery until present day. The main argument suggests that the depiction of this crucial space for modernity in Western thought, given the rhetoric of travel and fiction writers, transforms the insular area with the intention of conceiving disparate forms of political displacement. Specifically, these depictions show several conflicts that arose from the seeking of identity in Ecuador during the nation-building project that took place at the time. As a result of colonial enterprises (scientific excursions, exile, tourism, journalistic pieces, expeditions, etc.), travel writings of the Galápagos condition the formation of the state and its national imagery because of the extreme symbolic capital of the archipelago and the desire of Latin American intellectuals to belong to a cosmopolitan territory.

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Author:   Esteban Mayorga
Publisher:   Purdue University Press
Imprint:   Purdue University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781557538772

ISBN 10:   1557538778
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   15 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   Spanish

Table of Contents

Índice Agradecimientos Narrativas insulares Capítulo uno: La primera crónica colonial de unas islas maginarias: Carta a su majestad de Tomás de Berlanga Capítulo dos: Metahistoria en el archipiélago, la primera ficción colonial: Historia de los Incas de Sarmiento de Gamboa Capítulo tres: La fluidez de la selección natural: The Voyage of the Beagle de Charles Darwin Capítulo cuatro: La relación entre el Transcendentalismo y las Galápagos: The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles de Herman Melville Capítulo cinco: Los piratas en Galápagos y la formación del estado-nación: El pirata del Guayas de Manuel Bilbao Capítulo seis: La construcción de la identidad galapaguense y ecuatoriana: Galápagos a la vista de Bolívar Naveda Capítulo siete: La fuerza del mercado y la perspectiva ecocrítica: Galápagos: huellas en el paraíso de Hugo Idrovo Conclusión Anexo Notas Obras citadas Índice alfabético

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Esteban Mayorga, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Spanish Coordinator, Latin American Studies Program Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages.

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