A Colonial Shadow: Representations of the American Colonial West through Picture Postcards
Una sombra colonial: representaciones del oeste colonial americano a través de las postales ilustradas
Resumen
Este estudio investiga el papel de las postales ilustradas en la perpetuación de las narrativas orientalistas y coloniales durante el imperialismo europeo y la expansión hacia el oeste de Estados Unidos. Utilizando el concepto de orientalismo de Edward Saïd y la teoría de los estereotipos coloniales de Homi Bhabha, explora cómo estas postales funcionaron como herramientas de dominación simbólica al retratar a los pueblos colonizados mediante representaciones reductivas y estáticas. En el contexto estadounidense, las postales de nativos americanos a menudo se adherían al estereotipo del «noble salvaje», haciendo hincapié en las prácticas tradicionales y borrando los matices históricos y sociales. Estas imágenes reforzaban la dicotomía entre civilización y salvajismo, presentando a los pueblos indígenas como incompatibles con la modernidad y legitimando su desposesión. Al contextualizar estas postales dentro de ideologías coloniales más amplias, este estudio subraya su papel en el mantenimiento de los sistemas de dominación y en la formación de percepciones duraderas de los pueblos colonizados e indígenas.Citas
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