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Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" Reshaping Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Political Culture in Colonial Peru / Alcira Dueñas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dueñas, Alcira, 1954-
- , Knowledge Unlatched, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--Peru--History.
- Political culture.
- Social justice--Peru--History.
- Social justice.
- Anti-imperialist movements--Peru--History.
- Anti-imperialist movements.
- Learning and scholarship--Peru--History.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Peruvian literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.
- Peruvian literature.
- Indian authors--Peru--History.
- Indian authors.
- Mestizos--Peru--Politics and government.
- Mestizos.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Politics and government.
- Indians of South America.
- Peru--Intellectual life.
- Peru.
- Peru--Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2010.
- Summary:
- Through newly unearthed texts virtually unknown in Andean studies, Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" highlights the Andean intellectual tradition of writing in their long-term struggle for social empowerment and questions the previous understanding of the "lettered city" as a privileged space populated solely by colonial elites.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Foundations of Seventeenth-Century Andean Scholarship
- 3: Andean Scholarship in the Eighteenth Century
- 4: The European Background of Andean Scholarship
- 5: Andean Discourses of Justice
- 6: The Political Culture of Andean Elites
- 7: The Politics of Identity Formation in Colonial Andean Scholarship
- 8: Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781607327127
- 1607327120
- 9781457110788
- 1457110784
- 9781607320197
- 1607320193
- OCLC:
- 775301645
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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