Abstract

LOPEZ MAGUINA, Santiago. Pictures of Colonial Imaginary in Sebastián Salazar Bondy’ book Lima la Horrible. Letras [online]. 2017, vol.88, n.128, pp.162-176. ISSN 2071-5072.

Lima la horrible one of Sebastián Salazar Bondy, emblematic book of the sixties of the last century, recently reissued, aims to demystify the myth according to which Lima is a colonial city. In this purpose the author iconises in different pictures how the myth is visualized and composes visual scenes of his imaginary reverse. This article highlights the main elements of these tables and some of their principles of unification or totalization.

Keywords : Colonial Arcadia; colonial myth; perricholism; criollismo; imaginary; unconventional; Peruvian culture; semiotics.

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