New World Postcolonial: The Political Thought of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
James W. Fuerst
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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Año:
2018
Edición:
1
Editorial:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
336
ISBN 10:
0822965402
ISBN 13:
9780822965404
Serie:
Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series
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english, 2018