Helen Hunt Jackson’s RamonaThe Romance that Became a Tourist Guide and Silenced the Mestiza

  1. Carolina Fernández Rodríguez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo (España)
Revista:
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses

ISSN: 0211-5913

Año de publicación: 2020

Título del ejemplar: Contemporary Challenges in Chicanx Literature & Culture

Número: 81

Páginas: 193-215

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.25145/J.RECAESIN.2020.81.13 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRIULL editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses

Resumen

Este artículo se centra en la escritora y activista estadounidense Helen Hunt Jackson y tiene por objeto explicar las razones por las que su romance Ramona (1884), concebido como una forma de activismo literario a favor de los nativo-americanos de California, fracasó a la hora de cambiar la situación de la población indígena del estado y se convirtió, en lugar de eso, en cómplice del desarrollo de la California blanca a finales del siglo xix, el cual trajo consigo no solo el avance de las compañías de ferrocarril, las inversiones inmobiliarias y la industria turística, sino también el desplazamiento y el genocidio posterior de su población nativa. En definitiva, el artículo demostrará que una visión como la de Jackson, lastrada por los sistemas imperialista y capitalista y por los discursos opresivos del racismo y el sexismo, estaba abocada a afianzar las desigualdades raciales, sexuales y económicas pese a sus buenas intenciones.

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