Going native, going home. Ethnographic empathy and the artifice of return in Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación.

An essay is presented which argues that Spanish soldier and explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's book "Relación" does not fully tell the story of an unarmed benevolent conquistador. It proposes that the book counters instabilities with a continuous display of ethnographic distancing and an obstinat...

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Published in:	Colonial Latin American Review Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 175 - 200
Main Author:	Jáuregui, Carlos A.
Format:	Essay
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2016
Subjects:	Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, fl. 16th century Relación (Book) Conquerors Spanish colonies Adventure & adventurers Sixteenth century History of the Americas Americas
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost