The monstrous and the fragmented body: the New World as a place of violence. A reading of Theodore De Bry´s work within the construction of the colonial image.
The following research analyzes the graphic work on the New World by Theodore De Bry under the assumption that it contains a general proposal on the Indies. This research is an attempt to discuss partial readings on De Bry’s artwork in favor of the idea that the Flemish engraver takes place within a "battle of images" from which the engraver fights for certain "division of the sensible". In our reading, the Indian graphic representation made by De Bry does not operate as a comment to a narrative discourse, on the contrary, it is articulated as an autonomous political discourse about the new continent.
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Theodore de Bry; Indian imagery; 16th century; Violence; Politics.
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Revista Chilena de Antropología Visual - número 16 - Santiago, diciembre 2010 - 1/29 pp.- ISSN 0718-876x. Rev. chil. antropol. vis.