A Geography of Hard Times : Narratives About Travel to South America, 1780-1849
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| Title: | A Geography of Hard Times : Narratives About Travel to South America, 1780-1849 |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Ángela Pérez-Mejía |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | 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 |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, HISTORY / Latin America / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9780791460139 9780791460146 9780791485453 |
