The creole invention of Peru : ethnic nation and epic poetry in colonial Lima

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The creole invention of Peru : ethnic nation and epic poetry in colonial Lima

Title remainder

ethnic nation and epic poetry in colonial Lima

Statement of responsibility

José Antonio Mazzotti

Creator

• Mazzotti, José Antonio, 1961-

Author

• Mazzotti, José Antonio, 1961-

Subject

• 1600-1699
• Creoles in literature
• Creoles in literature
• Creoles in literature
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Epic poetry, Spanish
• Epic poetry, Spanish
• Epic poetry, Spanish -- Peru | Lima -- 17th century -- History and criticism
• Lima (Peru) -- In literature
• Literature
• Literature
• Peru
• Peru
• Peru -- Lima
• Peru -- Lima
• 15.85 history of America
• 15.85 history of America

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

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"--

Member of

• Cambria studies in Latin American literatures and cultures series

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

LBSOR/DLC

Dewey number

861/.03209985

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

PQ6088

LC item number

.M373 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambria studies in Latin American literatures and cultures series