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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826565503321

Autore

Mazzotti José Antonio <1961->

Titolo

Incan insights : el inca Garcilaso's hints to Andean readers / / Jose Antonio Mazzotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid : , : Iberoamericana Editorial, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

3-96456-403-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Textos y estudios coloniales y de la independencia ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

CorbettBarbara M <1959-> (Barbara Marie)

Disciplina

985.01

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

Peru History To 1548 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 307-342) e índice.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Content -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Dimensions of Interference: From Andean Oral Discourse to Choral Writing -- Chapter Two. Comentarios Reales: From Choral Writing to Foundational Discourse -- Chapter Three. A Syncretic Tropology: Semantic and Symbolic Aspects of the Comentarios -- Chapter Four. The Cross, Thunderbolt and Rainbow: Iconographie Transpositions and Underlying Symbols -- Epilogue. Between the Labyrinth's Exit and the Cornerstone: Towards a Critique of the National Subject -- Bibliography -- Onomastic Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the "Royal Commentaries" of the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and sets forth a new and alternative reading of this foundational text, paying close attention to the indigenous sources and Andean resonance of the work.