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- New World Postcolonial: The Political Thought of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
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- 2018
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
summary
New World Postcolonial presents the first full-length study to treat both parts of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's foundational text Royal Commentaries of the Incas as a seminal work of political thought in the formation of the early Americas and the early-modern period. It is also among a handful of studies to explore the Commentaries as a "mestizo rhetoric," written to subtly address both native Andean readers and Hispano-Europeans. As Fuerst demonstrates, by blending both Andean and European discourses to represent Incan history, Garcilaso further proposed restoring indigenous sovereignty by adopting a new mestizo governing body via the political alliance and intermarriage of encomenderos (estate holders) and Incas. This policy extended to education, missionary practices, and others, reflecting Garcilaso's hopes of forming a peaceful coexistence among native Andeans, mestizos, and first generation Spaniards.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- 2. Mestizo Rhetoric
- pp. 40-80
- 4. Auca: To Kill a Tyrant
- pp. 118-147
- 5. “Die a King”: Gonzalo Pizarro’s Rebellion
- pp. 148-176
- Bibliography
- pp. 287-316
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822983460
Related ISBN(s)
9780822965404
MARC Record
OCLC
1038228054
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2018-06-07
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018