Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial Mexico

by Laura A. Lewis, Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt

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Through an examination of caste in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mexico, Hall of Mirrors explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. Laura A. Lewis describes how the meanings attached to the categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto, and mestizo were generated within that setting, as she shows how the cultural politics of caste produced a system of fluid and relational designations that simultaneously...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822331470

ISBN13:9780822331476

Release Date:September 2003

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

16th Century 17th Century Cultural Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences

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