Imagens zoológicas da América Latina

Authors

  • Maria Esther Maciel Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Keywords:

bestiary, cultural identity, Latin America

Abstract

This paper focuses on the 16th Century fantastic descriptions of animais from Brazil and Latin America, which were collected by Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay in the books Zoologia Fantástica do Brasil and Monstros e Monstrengos do Brasil, articulating them to some contemporary bestiaries of Latin American writers and artists, such as Francisco de Toledo and Wilson Bueno. One of its aims is to discuss, through this articulation, the hybrid, "deformed", and "monstruous" character of the so called Latin American identity, as well as to investigate the cultural implications of that kind of fantastical zoology in the construction of a fictional concept of Latin America.

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Author Biography

Maria Esther Maciel, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Professora de Teoria da Literatura e Literatura Comparada da Faculdade de Letras da UFMG. Pós-doutorado pela University of London, onde ocupou também o cargo de Pesquisador Visitante (1999-2000). Autora, dentre outros, dos livros: As vertigens da lucidez: poesia e critica em Octavio Paz; Vôo Transverso: poesia, modernidade e fim do século XX e A palavra inquieta - homenagem a Octavio Paz.

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Published

2001-06-30

How to Cite

Maciel, M. E. (2001). Imagens zoológicas da América Latina. Gragoatá, 6(10), 89-96. Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/49020

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 10 (2001): Gragoatá 10

Section

Artigos

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