{"product_id":"hall-of-mirrors-power-witchcraft-and-caste-in-colonial-mexico-9780822331476","title":"Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial Mexico","description":"Through an examination of caste in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mexico, \u003ci\u003eHall of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. Laura A. Lewis describes how the meanings attached to the categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto, and mestizo were generated within that setting, as she shows how the cultural politics of caste produced a system of fluid and relational designations that simultaneously facilitated and undermined Spanish governance.\u003cp\u003eUsing judicial records from a variety of colonial courts, Lewis highlights the ethnographic details of legal proceedings as she demonstrates how Indians, in particular, came to be the masters of witchcraft, a domain of power that drew on gendered and hegemonic caste distinctions to complicate the colonial hierarchy. She also reveals the ways in which blacks, mulattoes, and mestizos mediated between Spaniards and Indians, alternatively reinforcing Spanish authority and challenging it through alliances with Indians. Bringing to life colonial subjects as they testified about their experiences, \u003ci\u003eHall of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e discloses a series of contradictions that complicate easy distinctions between subalterns and elites, resistance and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura a. Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 5.88w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822331476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 1720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura A. Lewis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at James Madison University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40198563266675,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_72023ab4-3b8c-4372-86cb-2a5e48058c0a.jpg?v=1656078802","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/hall-of-mirrors-power-witchcraft-and-caste-in-colonial-mexico-9780822331476","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}