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Entre el paraíso de la abundancia y el infierno del hambre: mitos y realidades
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Entre los sueños y la realidad, la tierra de Jauja, como Cucaña, era un país mágico insistentemente imaginado y buscado durante la Edad Moderna. En esta tierra fantástica no era necesario trabajar y el alimento era abundante. El mito surgió en una sociedad oprimida, que encontraba un alivio en estas fantasías, aunque muchos trataron de hacerlo realidad, buscándolo en otras tierras más allá del mar. América se convertiría en la proyección de esos sueños.
Between dreams and reality, the land of Cockaigne was a magical country repeatedly imagined and sought for the Early Modern Age. In this fantastic land was not necessary to work and food was plentiful. The myth arose in an oppressed society, which was a relief in these fantasies, though many tried to make it happen, searching in other lands beyond the sea. America became the projection of those dreams.
Between dreams and reality, the land of Cockaigne was a magical country repeatedly imagined and sought for the Early Modern Age. In this fantastic land was not necessary to work and food was plentiful. The myth arose in an oppressed society, which was a relief in these fantasies, though many tried to make it happen, searching in other lands beyond the sea. America became the projection of those dreams.
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PÉREZ SAMPER, María Ángeles. Entre el paraíso de la abundancia y el infierno del hambre: mitos y realidades. Cuadernos de Historia Moderna. 2015. Vol. Anejo XIV, num. 173-196. ISSN 0214-4018. [consulted: 6 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/121785