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A Tale of Two Granadas
This book examines how race, ethnicity, and religious difference affected the concession of citizenship in the Spanish Empire's territories.
A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture
Cutting-edge and insightful discussions of Latin American literature and culture In the newly revised second edition of A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture, Sara Castro-Klaren delivers an eclectic and revealing set of discussions on Latin American culture and literature by scholars at the cutting edge of their respective fields. The included essays—whether they're written from the perspective of historiography, affect theory, decolonial approaches, or human rights—introduce readers to topics like gaucho literature, postcolonial writing in the Andes, and baroque art while pointing to future work on the issues raised. This work engages with anthropology, history, individua...
Ancient Andean Houses
In Ancient Andean Houses, Jerry Moore offers an extensive survey of vernacular architecture from across the entire length of the Andes, drawing on ethnographic and archaeological information from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia to the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile. This book explores the diverse ways ancient peoples made houses, the ways houses re-create culture, and new perspectives and methods for studying houses. In the first part of this multidimensional approach, Moore examines the construction of houses and how they shaped different spheres of household life, considering commonalities and variations among cultural traditions. In the second part, Moore discusses how d...
Indigenous Borderlands
Pervasive myths of European domination and indigenous submission in the Americas receive an overdue corrective in this far-reaching revisionary work. Despite initial upheavals caused by the European intrusion, Native people often thrived after contact, preserving their sovereignty, territory, and culture and shaping indigenous borderlands across the hemisphere. Borderlands, in this context, are spaces where diverse populations interact, cross-cultural exchanges are frequent and consequential, and no polity or community holds dominion. Within the indigenous borderlands of the Americas, as this volume shows, Native peoples exercised considerable power, often retaining control of the land, and ...
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
This vividly written and authoritative book offers an updated account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro, and reveals the true stories behind the key events in the history of the Americas.
Del chontal al ladino
En los primeros años del periodo colonial, especialmente en el Nuevo Reino de Granada, “chontal” y “ladino” servían para designar dos extremos de una misma realidad que nos hablan del grado de occidentalización o cristianización de los indígenas americanos, según hubieran adoptado la lengua española y formas de comportamiento “cristianos”. El objetivo de este libro es analizar la ladinización o hispanización de las costumbres indígenas y el papel que esto desempeñó en su supervivencia dentro de la sociedad antioqueña. Asimismo, se estudiarán partes de la cultura indígena que se resistieron a desaparecer y que fueron asumidas por los españoles; porque la asimilación de la cultura española no implicó la pérdida total de las tradiciones indígenas, sino que algunas de ellas incluso lograron permear la sociedad dominante. Finalmente, se estudian las razones por la que se dio ese proceso de hispanización, ya fuera forzado por los encomenderos o adoptado voluntariamente por los indígenas, así como los múltiples matices de este proceso de integración en el imperio español.
Violencia y servidumbre: La imposición del dominio hispánico en la ciudad de Santafé, 1550-1604
José Manuel González Jaramillo es Historiador de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Magíster en Geografía de la Universidad de Syracuse y Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Luisa de Venero, una encomendera en Santafé
Luisa de Venero, una encomendera en Santafé es la reconstrucción histórica de la vida de una encomendera del siglo XVI en el Nuevo Reino de Granada. Esto con el objetivo de contribuir a la visibilización de la participación femenina en la cultura, la sociedad, la economía y la política durante la colonización española temprana. Este texto, además de los historiadores y escritores de novelas históricas, busca que las mujeres de toda condición se interesen por este periodo de la historia, apuntando a crear un pensamiento crítico que permita integrar el pasado al acontecer actual de manera más compleja. La obra se divide en tres capítulos, precedidos de una introducción. El primero elabora un contexto histórico urbano de la ciudad de Santafé, donde transcurrió la vida de esta encomendera; el segundo, realiza una aproximación microhistórica del pleito y del testamento de la encomendera Luisa de Venero, para culminar, en el tercero, con una exposición analítica sobre los textos que se refieren a las mujeres encomenderas desde el siglo XVII al XIX.
Dominicans and Human Rights
To mark the long history of Dominican involvement in defence of human rights, in the year celebrating the 800th anniversary of the confirmation of the Order of Preachers, two hundred Dominican brothers, sisters and laity met in Salamanca, Spain, to discuss the contribution of the Dominican Order, in the past, present and future, in the promotion and defence of human rights. It was in that city in the sixteenth century that, prompted by his Dominican brothers, such as Bartolome de las Casas, who were defending the indigenous people of Latin America against the Spanish conquistadores, Francisco de Vitoria planted the seed of today's international human rights movement. This volume presents in original languages the eleven papers given in Salamanca as well as the statement adopted by the delegates at the end of the meeting. They combine historical views, theoretical insights and testimonies from life experience. This offers a rich contribution, not only towards strengthening the role of the Dominican Family, and even the universal church, in defending human rights, but also towards a deeper understanding of 'evangelisation' and 'mission'.
