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Informationen zum Autor Gladys Robalino is associate professor at Messiah College. Klappentext This book uses a gender perspective to study the female Amerindian characters in Early Modern Spanish Comedias. The chapters in this collection bring different approaches and perspectives that intersection between feminism and cultural studies while they also critically deconstruct the European representation of Amerindian women. Zusammenfassung This book uses a gender perspective to study the female Amerindian characters in Early Modern Spanish Comedias. The chapters in this collection bring different approaches and perspectives that intersection between feminism and cultural studies while they also critically deconstruct the European representation of Amerindian women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Gladys RobalinoChapter 1: Courting the Female Body: Towards a Poetics of the Conquest in Lope de Vega's ElNuevo Mundo descubierto por Cristóbal Colón, Melissa FigueroaChapter 2: The Role of Amerindian Women in Fernando de Zárate's La Conquista de México, Ronna S. Feit and Gladys RobalinoChapter 3: Amazonas en las Indias or Witches in the Amazon?: Representing Otherness through the Stereotype of the Witch, Glenda Y. Nieto-CuebasChapter 4: La aurora en Copacabana: Guacolda from Vestal Virgin to Virginal Model, Maria J. Ferrer-LightnerChapter 5: The Siren Song and the Enchanted Victim: The Portrayal of the Conquistadors and Tucapela in Palabras a los reyes y gloria de los Pizarros, Judith G. CaballeroChapter 6: Amazonas en las Indias: Mixed Marriages and the Pizarros' Political Project, Gladys RobalinoChapter 7: Envisioning Guacolda, from Lyrical Creation to Ideological Manipulation, Esther FernándezChapter 8: La María sin Don: Subtle Mockery of the Establishment in El gobernador prudente, Erin Alice CowlingChapter 9: Love and Fury: The Evolution of Fresia in Arauco domado of Lope de Vega, María Quiroz TaubAfterword, Moisés R. Castillo Bibliography About the Contributors Index...
