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Rereading the Conquest: Power, Politics, and the History of Early Colonial Michoacan, Mexico, 1521-1565

by James Krippner-martinez

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Combining social history with literary criticism, James Krippner-Martinez shows how a historiographically sensitive rereading of contemporaneous documents concerning the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest and evangelization of Michoacan, and of later writings using them, can challenge traditional celebratory interpretations of missionary activity in early colonial Mexico. The book offers a fresh look at religion, politics, and the writing of history by employing a poststructuralist method that engages the exclusions as well as the content of the historical record. The moments of doubt, contradiction, and ambiguity thereby uncovered lead to deconstructing a coherent conquest narrative that continues to resonate in our present age. Part I deals with primary sources compiled from 1521 to 1565, Krippner-Martinez here examines the execution of Cazonci, the indigenous ruler of Michoacan, as recounted in the trial record produced by his executioners; explores the missionary-Indian encounter as revealed in the"

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Challenges traditional celebratory interpretations of missionary activity in early colonial Mexico by re-examining religion, politics and the writing of history using a poststructuralist method.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780271023373
Author:
Krippner-martinez, James
Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Author:
Krippner-Martinez, James
Subject:
Historiography
Subject:
World - General
Subject:
Latin America - General
Subject:
Latin America - Mexico
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
222
Dimensions:
9.20x5.92x.72 in. .77 lbs.

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