Monstrous Alterity in Early Modern Travel Accounts
Lessons from the Ambiguous Medieval Discourse on Humanness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7517420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn T Ramey (0000-0002-1445-7760, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-95 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | L' esprit créateur/ L' Esprit créateur (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-0767 • E-ISSN: 1931-0234 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/esp.2008.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W2091041471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
When early modern explorers encountered new peoples, medieval notions of difference, passed down through verbal and pictorial maps, shaped their perceptions. Pre-modern ideas of monstrous races and a vibrant medieval discourse on what constitutes a human paved the way for eventual questioning of the status of indigenous peoples
Aesthetics · Alterity · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Latin American history and culture · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |