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Hall of mirrors : power, witchcraft, and caste in colonial Mexico / Laura A. Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Laura A., 1959-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Latin America otherwise.
- Latin America otherwise
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences)--Mexico--History.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Caste--Mexico--History.
- Caste.
- Witchcraft--Mexico--History.
- Witchcraft.
- Mexico--Social conditions--To 1810.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Relations between Blacks and Indigenous people in Colonial Mexico as seen through a study of witchcraft accusations in inquisition records.
- Contents:
- 1. Forging a Colonial Landscape: Caste in Context
- 2. The Roads Are Harsh: Spaniards and Indians in the Sanctioned Domain
- 3. La Mala Yerba: Putting Difference to Work
- 4. From Animosities to Alliances: A Segue into the World of Witchcraft
- 5. Authority Reversed: Indians Ascending
- 6. Mapping Unsanctioned Power
- 7. Hall of Mirrors.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612920882
- 9781282920880
- 128292088X
- 9780822385158
- 0822385155
- OCLC:
- 850218268
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