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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.
 

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. Sara Castro-Klaren
  3. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. 1. Becoming an Inca: Life, Works, and Context
  2. pp. 11-39
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  1. 2. Mestizo Rhetoric
  2. pp. 40-80
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  1. 3. The Many Faces of Viracocha and the Turning of the World: Tragedy, Conversion, Rebirth
  2. pp. 81-117
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  1. 4. Auca: To Kill a Tyrant
  2. pp. 118-147
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  1. 5. “Die a King”: Gonzalo Pizarro’s Rebellion
  2. pp. 148-176
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  1. 6. Jesuit Amautas: Prejudice, Preaching, and Pedagogy in Peru
  2. pp. 177-213
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 225-286
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 287-316
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 317-322
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