Found a very simple way to get a jQuery rapped DOM element that is within a subView in Backbone. using `this.$( )`. This is pretty handy because it traverses only DOM elements within the current view instead of the entire DOM tree.
Inside a backbone view:
this.$('.myElement')
Inside an event
this.$('.myElement')
or $(argument1.currentEvent).find('.myElement')
Inside a Model / Collection:
You shouldn’t, that’s the View’s responsibility