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Guaman Poma : Writing and Resistance in Colonial Peru: Second Edition (ILAS Special Publication)

by Rolena Adorno

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By examining Guaman Poma's verbal and visual engagement with the institutions of Western art and culture, Rolena Adorno shows how he performed a comprehensive critique of the colonialist discourse of religion, political theory, and history.

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Rolena Adorno is Reuben Post Halleck Professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University.

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Literature Studies and Criticism, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 985.0072 — History & geography History of South America Peru History of Peru
LCC: F3430.6 .G8 .A63 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America South America Peru
BISAC: LIT LITERARY CRITICISM Caribbean & Latin American

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Languages: English
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Published: 1986
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Literature Studies and Criticism, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 985.0072
LCC: F3430.6 .G8 .A63

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