RT journal article
T1 A Space without Ethnology: Study of the Ideological Treatment of the West in Greek and Roman Literature through the Sources about the Island of Gades
A1 Fernández Camacho, Pamina
A2 Filología Clásica
K1 Gades
K1 Gádeira
K1 Cádiz
K1 Extremo Occidente
K1 Heracles
K1 Heródoto
K1 Ferécides
AB In this article, we examine Greek and Latin sources dealing with the Far West of theoikoumene, notably the symbolically charged area of Gadeira and the region of the riverGuadalquivir. Our main interest, however, is not that of geographical or historicalreconstruction, but rather the ideological motives behind the selection and treatment of theinformation. We identify a number of historical periods and contexts that were particularlyinvolved in the creation of the popular image of the Far West, and explore the connectionof this image with their material or symbolical interest in the area. In this exploration, wepay special attention to what is not said, believing that absence of information about places that were relatively well known can, in certain contexts, be as ideologically charged as what is overtly said.
PB Persée
SN 2295-9076
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38766
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38766
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026