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“Casta Painting and the Characterization of Colonial Mexican Identities” by Natalia Caldas

The second source I chose to write about for this week’s writing assignment is “Casta Painting and the Characterization of Colonial Mexican Identities” by Natalia Caldas of the University of Western Ontario. In the second chapter, which is the one I will be mainly focusing on, Caldas’ focus is mainly on the español character inContinue reading ““Casta Painting and the Characterization of Colonial Mexican Identities” by Natalia Caldas”

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Bartolomé de las Casas: A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES

The first source I chose to write about is “Bartolomé de las Casas: A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES”, written in 1542 and published in 1552, but more specifically, the abbreviated version written by Franklin W. Knight and Andrew Hurley. Now although my course is only excerpts of las Casas’ account ofContinue reading “Bartolomé de las Casas: A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES”

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Week 11: The Terror

This week our lecture and the accompanying readings focus on the topic of terror in Latin America. As expressed by Alexander Dawson Latin America has had a very long history of torture and extrajudicial killings, going all the way back to the sixteenth century, when colonizers began their conquests of the Americas. He argues thatContinue reading “Week 11: The Terror”

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Week 11: The Violent Pursuit for Freedom

Throughout the history of Latin America, violence played a major role in the movements of political and social change. During the mid to late 1900s terror ensued in countries all over Latin America while people were trying to fight for a better life. By the 1986 in Latina America, almost no government had come intoContinue reading “Week 11: The Violent Pursuit for Freedom”

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