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Capitolo | La representación del otro en las primeras Relaciones sobre las Siete Ciudades de Cíbola

La representación del otro en las primeras Relaciones sobre las Siete Ciudades de Cíbola

Problemas y transformaciones

Abstract

When we analyse the textual representation of the other in the first testimonies of the Indian Chronicles, one of the conclusions that we draw is that there is not a homogeneous image of otherness. The image of the Native American experiences many transformations along the Discovery progress and the Conquest. The first statements that describe the unsuccessful quest of the Seven Cities of Cíbola myth in the northern border of Nueva España reported on that. This article analyses the representation that the native towns in the northern part of México received in the “Discovery of the Seven Towns by father frail Marcos de Niza” and in the first written testimony of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s expedition, its letter to the viceroy dated August the 3rd, 1540.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 06 Febbraio 2019 | Accettato: 05 Marzo 2019 | Pubblicato 14 Maggio 2019 | Lingua: es

Keywords Image of the Native AmericanFray Marcos de NizaHistory and mythSiete Ciudades de CíbolaFrancisco Vázquez de Coronado


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