Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-152) and index.
Summary
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.
Contents
Writing as Poaching; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Strategic interpellation and tactical writing in colonial historiography (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries); 3. Tactical Appropriations; Epilogue: The Hallucinatory World of Bureaucracy; Works Cited; Index.
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