Agencias Criollas - (Serie Nueva América) by José Antonio Mazzotti (Paperback)

About the Book

Traditional studies on pre-Enlightenment criollismo tend to place it between the simple adulation of Spanish power and the origin of a nationalist teleology that at the beginning of the 19th century will derive in the creation of the modern Spanish-American states. This volume has the merit of presenting through twelve specialised articles - coming from the pen of some of the most outstanding researchers of the 'colonial' period - a healthy renewal and a productive questioning of the previous readings on criollismo in the central cases of México and Perú. At the same time, it explores the usefulness and limitations of the English-speaking postcolonial lottery for knowledge of the broad and complex Spanish-American corpus, updating and expanding on one of the most pressing debates in the human disciplines related to the region.

Book Synopsis

Los estudios tradicionales sobre el criollismo pre-ilustrado tienden a situarlo entre la simple adulación al poder español y el origen de una teleología nacionalista que derivará a principios del siglo XIX en la formación de los modernos estados hispanoamericanos. Este volumen tiene el mérito de presentar a través de doce artículos especializados -provenientes de la pluma de algunos de los más destacados investigadores del periodo "colonial"- una renovación saludable y un cuestionamiento productivo de las lecturas anteriores sobre el criollismo en los casos centrales de México y Perú. A la vez, explora la utilidad y las limitaciones de la lotería postcolonial angloparlante para el conocimiento del amplio y complejo corpus hispanoaméricano, poniendo al día y ampliando uno de los debates más urgentes en las disciplinas humanas relacionadas con la región.

Traditional studies on pre-Enlightenment criollismo tend to place it between the simple adulation of Spanish power and the origin of a nationalist teleology that at the beginning of the 19th century will derive in the creation of the modern Spanish-American states. This volume has the merit of presenting through twelve specialised articles - coming from the pen of some of the most outstanding researchers of the 'colonial' period - a healthy renewal and a productive questioning of the previous readings on criollismo in the central cases of México and Perú. At the same time, it explores the usefulness and limitations of the English-speaking postcolonial lottery for knowledge of the broad and complex Spanish-American corpus, updating and expanding on one of the most pressing debates in the human disciplines related to the region.