Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaHispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts
In recent years animals have gained increasing popularity in humanistic studies and have become a bountiful subject of interdisciplinary studies. It has been noted that through them it is possible to carry out the de-codification of the culture of several civilizations and that literary texts are a...
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Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://meridional.uchile.cl/index.php/MRD/article/view/47397 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/78062 |
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| description | In recent years animals have gained increasing popularity in humanistic studies and have become a bountiful subject of interdisciplinary studies. It has been noted that through them it is possible to carry out the de-codification of the culture of several civilizations and that literary texts are a powerful medium for this purpose. The analysis of animals is of interest to us as a mirror of the habits and customs of human beings, as a projection of human virtues and defects, as a symbol. Based on this premise, we will attempt to analyze a series of textual and iconographic Hispanic American sources focused on a particular animal, the dog, in order to arrive at fixed and variable features in the context of Hispanic America during the Conquest and Colonization, and the meaning they entail. Our readings reveal two canine groups, namely: the companion dog and the monstrous-soldier dog, linked with the dog of the Hispanic American man and with the dog of the Conqueror, respectively. We note that both canine types reinforce the imaginary established for each of the mentioned human groups during the periods analyzed. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO780622022-03-22T14:26:51Z Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts Imágenes caninas hispanoamericanas del período de conquista y colonización: textos y contextos Orsanic, Lucía In recent years animals have gained increasing popularity in humanistic studies and have become a bountiful subject of interdisciplinary studies. It has been noted that through them it is possible to carry out the de-codification of the culture of several civilizations and that literary texts are a powerful medium for this purpose. The analysis of animals is of interest to us as a mirror of the habits and customs of human beings, as a projection of human virtues and defects, as a symbol. Based on this premise, we will attempt to analyze a series of textual and iconographic Hispanic American sources focused on a particular animal, the dog, in order to arrive at fixed and variable features in the context of Hispanic America during the Conquest and Colonization, and the meaning they entail. Our readings reveal two canine groups, namely: the companion dog and the monstrous-soldier dog, linked with the dog of the Hispanic American man and with the dog of the Conqueror, respectively. We note that both canine types reinforce the imaginary established for each of the mentioned human groups during the periods analyzed. En los últimos años, los animales han cobrado un interés creciente dentro de los estudios humanísticos y se han convertido en un rico objeto de estudio de carácter interdisciplinar. Se advirtió que a través de ellos era posible llevar a cabo la decodificación de la cultura propia de distintas civilizaciones y que los textos literarios constituían un vehículo privilegiado para este propósito. El análisis de los animales nos interesa como espejo de los hábitos y las costumbres del hombre, como proyección de las virtudes y defectos humanos, como símbolo. A partir de esta premisa, procuraremos llevar a cabo el relevamiento de una serie de fuentes textuales e iconográficas hispanoamericanas focalizadas en un animal particular, el perro, a fin de arribar a los rasgos fijos y variables en el contexto hispanoamericano del período de conquista y colonización y el significado que estos comportan. Nuestra propuesta de lectura revela dos grupos caninos, a saber: el de compañía y el soldado-monstruoso, vinculados al perro del hombre americano y al perro del conquistador, respectivamente. Observamos que ambos tipos perrunos refuerzan el imaginario que se construye durante el período trabajado para cada uno de los grupos humanos señalados. 2017-10-01 2022-03-22T14:26:51Z 2022-03-22T14:26:51Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://meridional.uchile.cl/index.php/MRD/article/view/47397 10.5354/0719-4862.2017.47397 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/78062 spa https://meridional.uchile.cl/index.php/MRD/article/view/47397/49438 application/pdf Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades Meridional. Revista Chilena de Estudios Latinoamericanos; Núm. 9 (2017): Mayo-Octubre; pp. 27-53 Meridional. Revista Chilena de Estudios Latinoamericanos; Núm. 9 (2017): Mayo-Octubre; pp. 27-53 0719-4862 0719-3734 |
| spellingShingle | Orsanic, Lucía Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts |
| title | Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts |
| title_full | Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts |
| title_fullStr | Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts |
| title_short | Hispanic American Canine Images from the Period of Conquest and Colonization: Texts and Contexts |
| title_sort | hispanic american canine images from the period of conquest and colonization: texts and contexts |
| url | https://meridional.uchile.cl/index.php/MRD/article/view/47397 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/78062 |