Introduction -- Strategic interpellation and tactical writing in colonial historiography (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) -- Tactical appropriations
Summary
Reconstructing the workings of colonial Spanish bureaucracy in the production of reports on individuals' achievements, this book explores the interrelation of state-induced curricula vitae and individuals' endeavor to outsmart this system in the genesis of modern forms of literature
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-152) and index
