Inventing Lima : Baroque modernity in Peru's south sea metropolis / Alejandra B. Osorio.

Author
Osorio, Alejandra B. (Alejandra Betilde), 1956- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition
Published/​Created
New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Description
xvii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    • Americas in the early modern Atlantic world [More in this series]
    • The Americas in the early modern Atlantic world
    Summary note
    "Inventing Lima is the first synthetic cultural history of Peru's baroque "City of the Kings." Professor Osorio's interpretation of ritual life in the Peruvian metropolis significantly revises our understanding of the colonial history of Latin America. Osorio argues that Lima was a baroque "border city" that linked the South Sea with the Andes. As the "Head city" of the Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima came to govern and represent a vast and rich domain within Spain's worldwide empire. This meticulously documented and theoretically informed study is must reading for all those interested in the modern history of cities and empires."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-244) and index.
    Contents
    • An imperial tale of two cities and one imaginary body
    • Lima es Corte : the viceroy as cultural capital
    • The king in the city of the kings
    • The Baroque machinery of the Auto de Fé
    • Sainthood and sorcery.
    ISBN
    • 9781403976048 ((hardcover))
    • 140397604X ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2007047139
    OCLC
    182552916
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