La identidad cuestionada: un comerciante francés en el golfo de California en 1830
This paper examines the French traveler Cyprien Combier´s journey reaching the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa (Mexico). Particularly, in this text I analyze the way Combier describes his reactions when contact is made with the indigenous people of that area. This has allowed me to recognize that West...
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oai:doaj.org-article:91e9e5464fe247c6a10ae015eec9c7462021-12-02T10:35:04ZLa identidad cuestionada: un comerciante francés en el golfo de California en 18301626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.75870https://doaj.org/article/91e9e5464fe247c6a10ae015eec9c7462019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/75870https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This paper examines the French traveler Cyprien Combier´s journey reaching the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa (Mexico). Particularly, in this text I analyze the way Combier describes his reactions when contact is made with the indigenous people of that area. This has allowed me to recognize that West self-affirmation facing the American world has not always been considered as spotless. Europeans’ assumed superiority – their honorability, their ability as business entrepreneurs, as well as the possession of a myriad of objects that granted them comfort – was questioned when it faced the American realities of the “noble savage” – assertion shared by the Europeans –. The appreciation of the life of the Americans led them to question, appreciate and have a longing, although inconstant, for the “misery” of the Other, who, apparently “has nothing but is happy”.Dení Trejo BarajasCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleTravellersCombier (Cyprien)businessidentitiesThe Othermyth of the “noble savage”AnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2019) |
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This paper examines the French traveler Cyprien Combier´s journey reaching the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa (Mexico). Particularly, in this text I analyze the way Combier describes his reactions when contact is made with the indigenous people of that area. This has allowed me to recognize that West self-affirmation facing the American world has not always been considered as spotless. Europeans’ assumed superiority – their honorability, their ability as business entrepreneurs, as well as the possession of a myriad of objects that granted them comfort – was questioned when it faced the American realities of the “noble savage” – assertion shared by the Europeans –. The appreciation of the life of the Americans led them to question, appreciate and have a longing, although inconstant, for the “misery” of the Other, who, apparently “has nothing but is happy”. |
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