This book investigates the functions of animal imagery in narratives of the Conquest of the Americas, showing how depictions of animals' treatment and symbolism disrupt narratives of this period as a mutually beneficial encounter between cultures.
This book investigates the functions of animal imagery in narratives of the Conquest of the Americas, showing how depictions of animals' treatment and symbolism disrupt narratives of this period as a mutually beneficial encounter between cultures.
Stacy Hoult is professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Valparaiso University.
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. "This Is My Forest!": Indigenous Animals in Apocalypto Chapter 2. "The Falcon Devoured Its Nest": Animals in Poetic Responses to the Conquest of the Americas Chapter 3. Emptying Montezuma's Zoo: The Conquest of the Animal Other in Malinche Chapter 4. Conquest, Cannibalism, and the Comedia: The Predatory Instinct in El entenado Chapter 5. Uncanny Encounters: New World Creatures in The Road to El Dorado Chapter 6. "Jaguar Is Your Real Name": Performing Animality in Isabel Allende's City of the Beasts Chapter 7. Monsters at the Edge of the World: The Nonhuman Conquest in Books for Young Children Chapter 8. "Reconquer Your Illusion": Gamifying the Encounter at Isla Mágica Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. "This Is My Forest!": Indigenous Animals in Apocalypto Chapter 2. "The Falcon Devoured Its Nest": Animals in Poetic Responses to the Conquest of the Americas Chapter 3. Emptying Montezuma's Zoo: The Conquest of the Animal Other in Malinche Chapter 4. Conquest, Cannibalism, and the Comedia: The Predatory Instinct in El entenado Chapter 5. Uncanny Encounters: New World Creatures in The Road to El Dorado Chapter 6. "Jaguar Is Your Real Name": Performing Animality in Isabel Allende's City of the Beasts Chapter 7. Monsters at the Edge of the World: The Nonhuman Conquest in Books for Young Children Chapter 8. "Reconquer Your Illusion": Gamifying the Encounter at Isla Mágica Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
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