Baroque sovereignty : Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and the Creole archive of colonial Mexico /

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This book examines the emergence of a creole archive of artifacts, history, and traditions of colonial Mexico, primarily curated by the polymath Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora. The author posits the centrality of this archive for understanding how a local political imaginary emerged from the ruins o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: More, Anna Herron
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, > 1645-1700 > Political and social views.
Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, > 1645-1700 > Library.
Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, > 1645-1700
Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, > approximately approximately 1645-1700.
1540-1810
Archives > Political aspects > Mexico > History > 17th century.
Creoles > Mexico > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Civilization, Baroque > Mexico.
Archives > Aspect politique > Mexique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Créoles > Mexique > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Civilisation baroque > Mexique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Archives > Political aspects.
Civilization, Baroque.
Creoles > Intellectual life.
Intellectual life.
Libraries.
Political and social views.
Kreolen
Geistesleben
Politik
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810 > Sources.
Mexico > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Mexique > Histoire > 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole) > Sources.
Mexico.
Mexiko
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Allegory, archives, and Creole sovereignty
  • "Nostra academia in Barbara ..." : building an archive on the imperial frontier
  • Mexican hieroglyphics : Creole antiquarianism and the politics of empire
  • Counterhistory and Creole governance in the riot of 1692
  • Creole citizenship, race, and the modern world system.

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