“The Delicate Ark of Honor” and “The Greatest Nobility in the Entire Universe”: A Baroque Defense of Women and Indigenous Peoples in 18th Century Peru

Martínez C.F.S. · Araucaria (2022) · DOI: 10.12795/araucaria.2022.i51.04

Resumen

In this article, a peculiar discursive device in a Baroque historian in Colonial Peru will be studied: an apology of Creole women in the city of Arequipa, which is transformed into a general vindication of Indigenous peoples in order to exalt the Creole city through a series of historical analogies with experiences and ideals of the Hispanic tradition, perfectly fitted for persuading a Metropolitan public.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa