Böcker av José Antonio Mazzotti

Examines the "Royal Commentaries" of the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and sets forth a new and alternative reading of this foundational text, paying close attention to the indigenous sources and Andean resonance of the work.

This study deals with a specific social formation, the Creoles, particularly the beneméritos or descendants of conquistadors, who have almost always been framed as belonging to a colonial past that was supposedly erased during the Republic. It demonstrates that the Creoles developed strategies of survival that are still present today.