Inventing Lima : Baroque modernity in Peru's south sea metropolis / Alejandra B. Osorio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osorio, Alejandra B. (Alejandra Betilde), 1956-

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Americas in the early modern Atlantic world

The Americas in the early modern Atlantic world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture.

Lima (Peru)--History.

Lima (Peru).

Lima (Peru)--Civilization.

Politics and culture--Peru--Lima.

Peru--Lima.

Physical Description:

xvii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Inventing Lima is the first synthetic cultural history of Peru's baroque "City of the Kings." Professor Osorio's interpretation of ritual life in the Peruvian metropolis significantly revises our understanding of the colonial history of Latin America. Osorio argues that Lima was a baroque "border city" that linked the South Sea with the Andes. As the "Head city" of the Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima came to govern and represent a vast and rich domain within Spain's worldwide empire. This meticulously documented and theoretically informed study is must reading for all those interested in the modern history of cities and empires.

Contents:

An imperial tale of two cities and one imaginary body

Lima es Corte : the viceroy as cultural capital

The king in the city of the kings

The Baroque machinery of the Auto de Fé

Sainthood and sorcery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-244) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781403976048

140397604X

OCLC:

182552916

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