Span 325 - Exploration, Traveling and the Double Gaze: Mapping Geography and Identity in Colonial Spanish America

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Washington University in St Louis

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In this course we examine the geographical, cultural, and ideological mapping as described in the travel/exploration chronicles of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. We focus on the Southern hemisphere (Peru) as well as the Northern Frontier (Mexico, New Mexico, La Florida, Colorado) while reading narrative texts such as Columbus' Diario, Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's The Florida of the Inca, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's Narratives of the Coronado Expedition, and Alonso Carrió de la Vandera's El Lazarillo de Ciegos Caminantes (Guide for Travelers in 18th-Century Spanish America). We use art work and historical maps for our study of the cultural and ideological representations of alterity and of the geography of the colonial empire. In English.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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