Caribbean opacity and transparency in the representations of Yucatan. Two cases from visual culture

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https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.37.2020.6

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Visual Culture, Yucatán, Caribbean, Regional Identities, Mexican Calendar Art/Illustrations.

Abstract

This paper discusses the imaginary arising around the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, the relationship with its coastal boundaries and its Caribbean affiliation. From the analysis of journalistic notes, films and calendar illustrations, I present the transformations experienced between 1921 and 1948. Based on the notions of "transparency" and "opacity" proposed by Édouard Glissant and the modes of cultural circulation "from above" and "from below" by Ricardo Pérez Montfort and Christian Rinaudo, I develop the hypothesis of how economic and political issues have determined the displacement of Yucatan images, from its shores towards the Peninsula center and its best-known archeological zone, Chichén Itzá. However, in many popular expressions and specifically in the popular illustrations of the calendars, traces of their identification with the tropics and a cultural shared heritage with the Caribbean persisted.

Author Biography

Maricruz Castro Ricalde, Tecnológico de Monterrey (México)

Afiliada institucionalmente como profesora investigadora del Tecnológico de Monterrey (México). Correo electrónico: maricruz.castro@tec.mx. La autora es doctora en Letras Modernas por la Universidad Iberoamericana (México) y es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, nivel II, y la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. Recientemente ha publicado, entre otros: “El feminismo y el derecho al sufragio en la prensa mexicana. Los cartones (1939-1940) de Ernesto ‘El Chango’ García Cabral”. Hispanófila 186 (2019), “Cecilia Pego: novela gráfica, violencias y neocolonización”. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 96.3 (2019) y “Literatura y autoría en el cine mexicano”. Cuadernos de Literatura 22.44 (2018). Entre sus temas de interés se encuentran Estudios de género, Cultura visual, audiovisual y literaria en México y Latinoamérica, siglos XX y XXI.

How to Cite

Castro Ricalde, M. (2019). Caribbean opacity and transparency in the representations of Yucatan. Two cases from visual culture. Historia Caribe, 15(37), 119–150. https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.37.2020.6

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2019-11-25

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