Ideology and Inquisition: The World of the Censors in Early Mexico

by Martin Austin Nesvig

This book is the first comprehensive treatment in English of the ideology and practice of the Inquisitional censors, focusing on the case of Mexico from the 1520s to the 1630s. Others have examined the effects of censorship, but Martin Nesvig employs a nontraditional approach that focuses on the inner logic of censorship in order to examine the collective mentality, ideological formation, and practical application of ideology of the censors themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300140401
• ISBN13: 9780300140408
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"