%0 Journal Article %T El lugar en Am¨¦rica: de una anamorfosis ajena a una hiperrealidad propia %A Capell¨¤ Miternique %A Hugo %J Cuadernos de Geograf¨ªa - Revista Colombiana de Geograf¨ªa %D 2012 %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia %X the article seeks to understand how the concept of place projected by the europeans in america became a real utopia for its new inhabitants. place in america has undergone an anamorphosis that transforms spatiotemporal reality into a postmodern simulation. first of all, the article defines the process of place anamorphosis from a theoretical perspective. secondly, it enquires into the process of transformation of an increasingly fictional reality into a realized fiction. lastly, the article discusses how the spatiotemporal dissociation of space has been considered a new form of identity in america, understood as postcolonial and postmodern form of liberation. %K anamorphosis %K settlement %K identity %K place %K postmodernity. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-215X2012000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en