Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" Reshaping Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Political Culture in Colonial Peru
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 ""...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Boulder, Colo. :
University Press of Colorado
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426077406719 |
| 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. Rarely acknowledged in studies of resistance to colonial rule, these writings challenged colonial hierarchies and ethnic discrimination in attempts to redefine the Andean role in colonial society. Scholars have long assumed that Spanish rule remained |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781607327127 9781457110788 9781607320197 |
