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Author Dueñas, Alcira, 1954-

Title Indians and mestizos in the "lettered city" : reshaping justice, social hierarchy, and political culture in colonial Peru / Alcira Dueñas
Published Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2010]
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Description 1 electronic resource (xii, 269 pages )
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
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 the context of their long-term struggle for social empowerment, questioning 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 largely undisputed in Peru between the 1570s and 1780s, but educated elite Indians and mestizos challenged the legitimacy of Spanish rule, criticized colonial injustice and exclusion, and articulated the ideas that would later be embraced in the Great Rebellion in 1781. Their movement extended across the Atlantic as the scholars visited the seat of the Spanish empire to negotiate with the king and his advisors for social reform, lobbied diverse networks of supporters in Madrid and Peru, and struggled for admission to religious orders, schools and universities, and positions in ecclesiastic and civil administration. Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" explores how scholars contributed to social change and transformation of colonial culture through legal, cultural, and political activism, and how, ultimately, their Significant colonial critiques and campaigns redefined colonial public life and discourse. It will be of interest to scholars and students of colonial history, colonial literature, Hispanic studies, and Latin American studies. --Book Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index
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Subject 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
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
Anti-imperialist movements
Ethnic relations
Indian authors
Indians of South America -- Politics and government
Intellectual life
Learning and scholarship
Peruvian literature -- Indian authors
Political culture
Social justice
SUBJECT Peru -- Ethnic relations
Peru -- Intellectual life
Subject Peru
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019668058
ISBN 1607327120
9781607327127
1457110784
9781457110788