Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial Mexico

by Laura A. Lewis, Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt

Book Overview

Through an examination of caste in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mexico, Hall of Mirrors explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. Laura A. Lewis describes how the meanings attached to the categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto, and mestizo were generated within that setting, as she shows how the cultural politics of caste produced a system of fluid and relational designations that simultaneously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822331470
• ISBN13: 9780822331476
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.2"