From the Depths of Patagonia: The Ushuaia Penal Colony and the Nature of “The End of the World”

This article engages the relationship between prison and place on the island of Tierra del Fuego, in southernmost Patagonia. While Patagonia has piqued popular imaginations for centuries through traveler narratives, these accounts have been reduced to a limited lexicon categorizing the region as pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Hispanic American Historical Review
Main Author: Edwards, Ryan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2014
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00182168-2641262
https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article-pdf/94/2/271/284114/271.pdf