Description: Modern Mexico derives many of its richest symbols of national heritage and identity from the Aztec legacy, even as it remains a predominantly Spanish-speaking, Christian society. This volume argues that the composite, neo-Aztec flavor of Mexican identity was, in part, a consequence of active efforts by indigenous elites after the Spanish conquest to grandfather ancestral rights into the colonial era. By emphasizing the antiquity of their claims before Spanish officials, native leaders extended the historical awareness of the colonial regime into the pre-Hispanic past, and therefore also the themes, emotional contours, and beginning points of what we today understand as 'Mexican history'. This emphasis on ancient roots, moreover, resonated with the patriotic longings of many creoles, descendants of Spaniards born in Mexico. Alienated by Spanish scorn, creoles associated with indigenous elites and studied their histories, thereby reinventing themselves as Mexico's new 'native' leadership and the heirs to its prestigious antiquity.
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EAN: 9781107129030
UPC: 9781107129030
ISBN: 9781107129030
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Book Title: Indigenous Elites and Creole Identity in Colonial
Item Length: 23.7 cm
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Indigenous Elites and Creole Identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 640 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Peter B. Villella
Subject Area: Regional History
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
