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Forgotten Conquests
Gustavo Verdesio
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Description for Forgotten Conquests
Paperback. The heroic texts depicting the discovery of territories, and the ultimate subjection of land and cultures to European nation-states all but erase the vanquished. This work lays bare the discursive strategies that generated the founding texts of Latin American history and engulfed its subjected peoples in silence for 500 years. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; HBA; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
Borrowing from the old adage, we might say that to the victor belongs the history. One of the privileges gained in colonizing the New World was the power to tell the definitive stories of the struggle. The heroic texts depicting the discovery of territories, early encounters with indigenous peoples, and the ultimate subjection of land and cultures to European nation-states all but erase the vanquished. In Forgotten Conquests, Gustavo Verdesio argues that these master narratives represent only one of many possible histories and suggests a way of reading them in order to discover the colonial subjects who did not ... Read more
Borrowing from the old adage, we might say that to the victor belongs the history. One of the privileges gained in colonizing the New World was the power to tell the definitive stories of the struggle. The heroic texts depicting the discovery of territories, early encounters with indigenous peoples, and the ultimate subjection of land and cultures to European nation-states all but erase the vanquished. In Forgotten Conquests, Gustavo Verdesio argues that these master narratives represent only one of many possible histories and suggests a way of reading them in order to discover the colonial subjects who did not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566398343
SKU
V9781566398343
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About Gustavo Verdesio
Gustavo Verdesio is Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan.
Reviews for Forgotten Conquests
"This is a richly documented study of a much neglected period in the history of the River Plate. Verdesio's work brings forth a new field of inquiry-the Amerindian occupation of the territory that is now Uruguay. It offers a provocative and timely critical view of Uruguay's historiography." -Sara Castro-Klaren, Professor of Latin American Culture and Literature at The Johns Hopkins ... Read more