Women Travel Writing and the Imperial Archive: A Case Study of Isabella Lucy Bird’s "The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither" (1883)

Mouloud Siber

doi:10.18172/jes.6690

Autores/as

Mouloud Siber Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2135-9453

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.6690

Palabras clave:

Bird, antropología, etnografía, geografía, historia, archivo imperial, literatura de viajes

Resumen

El presente ensayo estudia la contribución de Isabella Lucy Bird a la diseminación de conocimiento sobre la Península Malaya en la obra The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither (1883). Usando conceptos propuestos por Thomas Richards (1993) y por Bernard S. Cohn (1996), el artículo analiza cómo Bird negocia su espacio en el “archivo imperial” Británico. Como mujer escritora de viajes, se propone a sí misma como una autoridad instruida con respecto a la Península Malaya. De esta forma, su texto está repleto de conocimientos sobre la Península y contribuye a las “instituciones británicas generadoras de conocimiento sobre el Imperio”, tomando las palabras de Richard. El tipo de información que transmite la autora corresponde a las “modalidades investigadoras” que elaboró Cohn en su estudio. Bird proporciona una crónica política e histórica de los estados de la región que están bajo mandato británico o que son considerados como merecedores de anexión. La autora da cuentas de la geografía, clima y entorno natural de estos estados y también transmite conocimiento sobre la diversidad de la población de la Península, poniendo el foco en algunos grupos dominantes como los Malayos. A través de este grupo, Bird analiza ideas erróneas sobre la región. En resumen, Bird utiliza a la Península para aportar información adicional a este archivo imperial y para conseguir una atención más informada por parte de los viajeros, eruditos e inversores británicos.

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