Indians and mestizos in the "lettered city" : reshaping justice, social hierarchy, and political culture in colonial Peru

Indians and mestizos in the "lettered city" : reshaping justice, social hierarchy, and political culture in colonial Peru /

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Through newly unearthed texts virtually unknown in Andean studies, Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" highlights the Andean intellectual tradition of writing in the context of their long-term struggle for social empowerment, questioning the previous understanding of the "lett...

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Main Author: Dueñas, Alcira, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2010
Subjects:
Anti-imperialist movements > Peru > History.
Indian authors > Peru > History.
Indians of South America > Peru > Politics and government.
Learning and scholarship > Peru > History.
Mestizos > Peru > Politics and government.
Peruvian literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Political culture > Peru > History.
Social justice > Peru > History.
Peru > Ethnic relations.
Peru > Intellectual life.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foundations of seventeenth-century Andean scholarship
  • Andean scholarship in the eighteenth century : writers, networks, and texts
  • The European background of Andean scholarship
  • Andean discourses of justice : the colonial judicial system under scrutiny
  • The political culture of Andean elites : social inclusion and ethnic autonomy
  • The politics of identity formation in colonial Andean scholarship.

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