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Title
The creole invention of Peru
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Mazzotti, José Antonio, 1961- (Author)
Subject
Epic poetry, Spanish--Peru--Lima--17th century--History and criticism (LCSH)
Creoles in literature (LCSH)
Lima (Peru)--In literature (LCSH)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: PQ6088 .M373 2019 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 861/.03209985 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
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Summary
"More than with Lima, this book deals with a specific social formation, the criollos or Creoles, particularly the beneméritos or descendants of conquistadors, whose study has almost always framed them as belonging to a colonial past that was supposedly erased and surpassed during the Republic. This study demonstrates that the Creoles who emerged from this situation developed strategies of survival and negotiation and many mental habits that are still present in Peru today. The first generations of Creoles created an ethnic identity that can be understood as 'national' only in the archaic and pre-Enlightenment sense of the word, without necessarily looking for independence from Spain, but with local patriotic aspirations. Thus, although this study speaks mostly about the past, it aims to explain the present and the flaws of a supposedly democratic, modern national state, still obedient to the interests of internal colonialism and the traditional Europoid ethnic prevalence in Peru. Among other merits, this book contributes to decolonial theory through the historical and cultural analysis of a dominant group"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
A creole perspective : Pedro de Oña between loyalty and chaos
El dorado, paradise, and supreme sanctity in seventeenth-century Peru : a creole agenda
"Limpieza de tinta" : ethnic nation and warrior community in Lima's epic poetry
Fernando de Valverde and Andean monsters : mystical creolism in the pilgrimage to Copacabana
Rodrigo de Valdés between the Empire of Peru and the Latinization of the language
Peralta, Inca Garcilaso, and the genesis of creolism in Lima fundada.
Authorized Access Point
Mazzotti, José Antonio, 1961- The creole invention of Peru
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: prepublication
Identified By: bf:Local, 20817955
Change Date: 2019-02-12T14:49:52
Creation Date: 2019-01-12
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: LBSOR/DLC