Habsburg Peru

By Peter T. Bradley, David Cahill

Subjects: British Foreign public opinion, Spanish colonies, Colonies, memory, identity, Politics and government, geographies, British Public opinion, Art, exhibitions, Latin America, Attitudes, Sociale verhoudingen, travel, Beeldvorming, Manners and customs, HISTORY, Foreign Visitors, History & Archaeology, Publieke opinie, Regions & Countries - Americas, voyages, Culturele identiteit, monographs, Incas, Public opinion, Social life and customs, British, Description and travel, Social conditions, History, Politiek, colonial fiestas, Travel, atlases, theatre

Description: This book presents two case studies which represent two distinct types of imagining by two diametrically different groups - 1) literate and in some cases erudite Europeans, 2) a vanquished native nobility. The first endeavoured to make sense of Spain's (and Portugal's) 'marvelous possesions' in the New World with the limited conceptual tools at their disposal, whilst the second sought to construct a colonial identity based on their shared ancestral memory, while incoporating elements from the even more woundrous Hispanic culture that had overwhelmed them.