| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 203 pages). |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; volume 77 |
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Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 77.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2020). |
| Subject |
National characteristics, Ecuadorian.
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Galapagos Islands -- History.
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Galapagos Islands -- In literature.
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Galapagos Islands -- Description and travel.
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Équatoriens.
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Galápagos -- Histoire.
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Galápagos -- Dans la littérature.
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Galápagos -- Descriptions et voyages.
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Literature
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National characteristics, Ecuadorian
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Travel
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Galapagos Islands
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mayorga, Esteban, 1977- Galápagos. West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2019] 9781612496092 (DLC) 2019027037 |
| ISBN |
9781612496092 electronic book |
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1612496091 electronic book |
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9781612496085 electronic book |
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1612496083 electronic book |
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9781557538772 paperback |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000065844839 |
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AU@ 000068876985 |
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