Contested territory : mapping Peru in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Heidi V. Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Heidi V., 1976-

Series:

History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Cultural landscapes.

Spaniards.

History.

Discoveries in geography.

Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.

Peru.

Peru--History--1548-1820.

Peru--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

Spaniards--Peru--History--16th century.

Spaniards--Peru--History--17th century.

Cultural landscapes--Peru.

Human geography--Peru.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2009]

Summary:

Contested Territory explores the ways in which Peru's early colonial landscapes were experienced and portrayed, especially by the Spanish conquerors but also by their conquered subjects. It focuses on the role played by indigenous groups in shaping the Spanish experiences of landscapes, the diverse geographical images of Peru and ways in which these were constructed and contested, and what this can tell us about the nature of colonial relations in post-conquest Peru.

Contents:

Landscape and the Spanish conquest of Peru

Beyond textuality : landscape, embodiment, and native agency

Landscapes of resistance? : Peru's relaciones geográficas

The mobile landscapes of Huarochirí

Negotiating Amazonia : the accounts of Juan Recio de León

Contested frontiers and the Amazon/Andes divide

Conclusion : mapping Peru in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268041311

0268041318

OCLC:

351318469