Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Quiroz, Daniel

Titel

SOBRE MONSTRUOS Y MERCANCÍAS: EL "ESPECTÁCULO" DE LAS BALLENAS EN LA SEGUNDA MITAD DEL SIGLO XIX EN EL SUR DE CHILE

Ist Teil von

• Chungará, 2020-01, Vol.52 (1), p.113-131

Ort / Verlag

Arica: Universidad de Tarapacá

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the 19th century they were systematically captured to obtain oil, baleen plates, bones and, to a lesser extent, meat. The press of the time picks up a rich imaginary that contains diverse elements: an enormous and fierce animal, therefore monstrous; heroic whalers in a very dangerous activity; a battle between men and cetaceans; and great expectations about the amount of money the whale will generate. [...]there is also the "very animated show" that involves the presence of "many curious onlookers" admiring "the monstrous whale". En King's Mirror, un texto escrito en el siglo ХШ AD, se asegura que las ballenas, varadas o capturadas, "proporcionan mucha comida para los hombres" (Anónimo 1917:119).