Guaman Poma
Subtitle: writing and resistance in colonial Peru
By: by Rolena Adorno
Edition: 2nd ed., with a new introduction
Series: ILAS special publication; Special publication (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies)
Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin/Institute of Latin American Studies
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe, -- fl. 1613; Peru -- History -- To 1820 -- Historiography
Description: "In the midst of native people's discontent following Spanish conquest, a native Andean born after the fall of the Incas took up the pen to protest Spanish rule. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala wrote his Nueva coronica y buen gobierno to inform Philip III of Spain about the evils of colonialism and the need for governmental and societal reform.

By examining Guaman Poma's verbal and visual engagement with the institutions of Western art and culture, Rolena Adorno shows how he performed a comprehensive critique of the colonialist discourse of religion, political theory, and history. She argues that Guaman Poma's work chronicles the emergence of a uniquely Latin American voice, characterized by the articulation of literary art and politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-179) and index