The colonial reaction to the rebellion of Tupac Amaru II in Peruvian school textbooks (2019-2023)

Revoredo D.A.P.; Uzcátegui-Pacheco R.A. · Izquierdas (2025)

Resumen

The article analyzes how Peruvian secondary school textbooks (20192023) represent the colonial reaction to the rebellion of Túpac Amaru II. The study reveals that the textbooks show extreme violence, but also the reformist character of the colonial response. At the same time, they present the defeat of the rebellion as a distancing of the indigenous people from the independence process, despite acknowledging their participation in it. A linear and apparently neutral narrative is observed, although with room for critical interpretation in the classroom through references to historiography. Finally, the article examines the construction of historical memory around this event in the context of Peru's Bicentennial.

Instituciones: Universidad de Lima