To be Indio in Colonial Spanish America.

9780826357731

To be Indio in Colonial Spanish America

Edited by M nica Diaz

University of New Mexico Press

2017

283 pages

$29.95

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Drawing on new material, this volume seeks to explore the ways in which writing is linked to practical action. It centers upon native epistemologies that can be found in writing or in action. D<AEi>az extends her analysis to the distinct circumstances in which people embodied the identity in its many variations. Its focus on identity construction is aimed at contributing to the discussion of what becoming and being indio meant for individuals and communities in different contexts throughout the colonial period. Indios embodied cultural forms that responded to the colonality of their circumstances. ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)