Indigenous Intellectuals

<div>Via military conquest Catholic evangelization and intercultural engagement and struggle a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This collection highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Scholars of history anthropology literature and art history reveal new facets of the colonial experience by emphasizing the wide range of indigenous individuals who used knowledge to subvert undermine critique and sometimes enhance colonial power. Seeking to understand the political social and cultural impact of indigenous intellectuals the contributors examine both ideological and practical forms of knowledge. Their understanding of intellectual encompasses the creators of written texts and visual representations functionaries and bureaucrats who interacted with colonial agents and institutions and organic intellectuals.<br><br>Contributors. Elizabeth Hill Boone Kathryn Burns John Charles Alan Durston María Elena Martínez Tristan Platt Gabriela Ramos Susan Schroeder John F. Schwaller Camilla Townsend Eleanor Wake Yanna Yannakakis<br> </div>