Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" : Reshaping Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Political Culture in Colonial Peru / / Alcira Dueñas.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder, Colo. : : University Press of Colorado,, 2010. ©2010. |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1607327120 1457110784 1607320193 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Alcira Dueñas. |