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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777993803321

Autore

Silverblatt Irene

Titolo

Modern Inquisitions [[electronic resource] ] : Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-8223-8623-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

a John Hope Franklin Center Book

Altri autori (Persone)

MignoloWalter D

Saldívar-HullSonia

Disciplina

272/.2/0985

Soggetti

RELIGION / History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Series; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Three Accused Heretics; Inquisition as Bureaucracy; Mysteries of State; Globalization and Guinea Pigs; States and Stains; New Christians and New World Fears; The Inca's Witches; Becoming Indian; Afterword; Appendix: Notes on Bias and Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the profound cultural transformations triggered by Spain's efforts to colonize the Andean region, and demonstrates the continuing influence of the Inquisition to the present day.