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<journal-id>1665-8574</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Latinoamérica. Revista de estudios Latinoamericanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Latinoamérica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-8574</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-85742025000100207</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/cialc.24486914e.2025.80.57693</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los insectos en la literatura de viajes por Yucatán: el manuscrito de Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1884)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Insects in Yucatan Travel Literature: the Manuscript of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1884)]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Depetris]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<numero>80</numero>
<fpage>197</fpage>
<lpage>222</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-85742025000100207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-85742025000100207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-85742025000100207&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El objetivo de este artículo es revisar el marco epistemológico de los estudios culturales en relación con el poder de dominación que las culturas europeas tuvieron en la América tropical. Para ello se estudia la geografía de Yucatán, teniendo como fuente un manuscrito inédito de la viajera inglesa Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, y como elementos de análisis a los insectos que aparecen en el texto. Desde una aproximación literaria y cultural, se propone abrir el estudio de la narrativa de viajes más allá de una dimensión antropomórfica, para trascender la perspectiva epistemológica de corte imperialista y orientalista que rige los estudios sobre literatura de viajes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This paper aims to examine the epistemological framework of cultural studies on the dominance and influence of European cultures in tropical America, focusing on the geography of Yucatan. The primary source for this examination will be an unpublished manuscript by the English traveler Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. This study aims to incorporate the insects mentioned in the text as an analysis element. Through literary and cultural analysis, the goal is to broaden the study of travel narratives beyond a purely human-centered approach and transcend the epistemological perspective of imperialist and orientalist premises that often shape the study of travel literature.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alice Dixon Le Plongeon]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alice Dixon Le Plongeon]]></kwd>
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