Caribbean cultural landscapes and otherness in the journal "Viage a la America" to Fray Íñigo Abbab y Lasierra (1772-1774)

 

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Autor: Rodríguez Velásquez, Fidel
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2018
Descripción: The present work studied the construction of cultural landscapes and Caribbean alterities in the diary of “Travel to America” by fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1772-1774). To this end, a textual analysis was made of his daily chronicle of events in the crossing of the islands of Puerto Rico, Margarita and Trinidad, in order to account for the way he lived the geographies, people, animals and customs of these regions. The story of this Benedictine Friar can be understood from two dimensions, an anthropological one that accounts for the cultural universe of the traveler in which elements of European enlightenment were found with elements of medieval Europe, and a sociohistorical dimension that accounts for the efforts of this traveler to see the region as a backward space but with an important potential that has been little used by those who inhabit these regions and by those who were sent by the Spanish crown to do so. From these two dimensions emerge the cultural landscapes that fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra textually represent in his travel diary.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/34800
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intercambio/article/view/34800
Palabra clave:Caribbean
eighteenth century
cultural landscape
fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra
travel journal
Caribe
siglo XVIII
paisajes culturales
diario de Viajes
século XVIII
frei Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra
pasaigens culturais
diário de viagem