Writing as poaching
Subtitle: interpellation and self-fashioning in colonial relaciones de méritos y servicios
By: by Robert A. Folger
Series: The medieval and early modern Iberian world -- v. 44
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9789004211094
Subjects: Autobiography; Biography as a literary form; Colonies; Political Patronage; Administration; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p [139]-152) and index.