Title: Writing as poaching : interpellation and self-fashioning in colonial relaciones de méritos y servicios /
Authors: Folger, Robert
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Patronage, Political Spain History.; Autobiography Political aspects Spain History.; Biography as a literary form; Spansk litteratur historia; Självbiografier politiska aspekter historia Spanien; Autobiography Political aspects History. Spain; History; Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.; Spain Colonies America Administration.; Spanien kolonier historia Amerika (kontinent)
Abstract: Reconstructing the workings of colonial Spanish bureaucracy in the production of reports on individuals' achievements, this book explores the interrelation of state-induced curricula vitae and individuals' endeavor to outsmart this system in the genesis of modern forms of literature.
Contents: Writing as Poaching; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Strategic interpellation and tactical writing in colonial historiography (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries); 3. Tactical Appropriations; Epilogue: The Hallucinatory World of Bureaucracy; Works Cited; Index.