Approaches to teaching the works of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega /

"This volume provides guidance on the translations of Garcilaso's writings and on the scholarly reception of his ideas. Instructors will discover ideas for teaching Garcilaso's works in relation to indigenous thought, European historiography, natural history, indigenous religion and C...

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Other Authors: Fernández, Christian, 1960- (Editor), Mazzotti, José Antonio, 1961- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2022.
Series:Approaches to teaching world literature ; 169.
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Summary:"This volume provides guidance on the translations of Garcilaso's writings and on the scholarly reception of his ideas. Instructors will discover ideas for teaching Garcilaso's works in relation to indigenous thought, European historiography, natural history, indigenous religion and Christianity, and Incan material culture. In essays informed by postcolonial and decolonial perspectives, scholars draw connections between Garcilaso's writings and contemporary issues like migration, multiculturalism, and indigenous rights"--
"Offers techniques for teaching the works of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in undergraduate classrooms, including considerations of mestizaje, transnational identity, interdisciplinarity, influence on modern historians and ethnographers, the Quechua language, Incan social structures, Incan myth and religion, translation, natural history, indigenous writing and culture, the picaresque, genre, and historiography"--
Physical Description:vi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781603295574
1603295577
9781603295581
1603295585
ISSN:1059-1133 ;