Intimidation, violence, and death in the account of the first Spanish incursion into the heart of Tawantinsuyu (1533-1534)
Most scholars who study the texts of the first years of the Spanish invasion and conquest identify the authors presented below as "chroniclers of the conquest" or as "soldier chroniclers" and their texts as "conquest discourses" brimming with a “triumphalistic tone” (Al...
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I10-R377-article-393462022-12-08T18:49:30Z Intimidation, violence, and death in the account of the first Spanish incursion into the heart of Tawantinsuyu (1533-1534) Intimidación, violencia y muerte en el relato de la primera incursión española en el corazón del Tawantinsuyu (1533-1534) Fossa, Lydia Chroniclers of the invasion Francisco Pizarro euphemisms sixteenth century Tawantinsuyu Cronistas de la invasión Francisco Pizarro eufemismos siglo XVI Tawantinsuyu Most scholars who study the texts of the first years of the Spanish invasion and conquest identify the authors presented below as "chroniclers of the conquest" or as "soldier chroniclers" and their texts as "conquest discourses" brimming with a “triumphalistic tone” (Altuna, 2004, p. 11). Rather, I propose, almost 20 years later and from a post-colonial perspective, to call them “chroniclers of the invasion” or “chroniclers of war”. This new terminology, more descriptive and less euphemistic, or more from the perspective of the colonized and less from that of the colonizer, strips the early texts of their heroic garb by treating the Spanish as invaders, with the negative charge that goes with it, and not as conquerors, a term that entails the positive connotations of heroism and dedication. La mayoría de estudiosos de los textos de los primeros años de la invasión y conquista españolas identifican a los autores que presentamos más abajo como “cronistas de la conquista” o como “cronistas soldados” y a sus textos como “discursos de la conquista” rebosantes del “tono triunfalista” (Altuna, 2004, p. 11). Propongo, más bien, casi 20 años después y con una mirada poscolonial, llamarlos “cronistas de la invasión” o “cronistas de guerra”. Esta nueva terminología, más descriptiva y menos eufemística, o desde la perspectiva del colonizado y menos de la del colonizador, desnuda los textos tempranos de sus ropajes heroicos al tratar a los españoles como invasores, con la carga negativa que conlleva, y no como conquistadores y el heroismo y la entrega, connotaciones positivas que entraña el término. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2022-12-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/39346 10.53971/2718.658x.v13.n22.39346 Recial; Vol. 13 Núm. 22 (2022): Dossier: La cuestión andina y sus letras coloniales. Homenaje a la Dra. Elena Altuna; 48-68 2718-658X 1853-4112 10.53971/2718.658x.v13.n22 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/39346/39696 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/39346/39697 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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Most scholars who study the texts of the first years of the Spanish invasion and conquest identify the authors presented below as "chroniclers of the conquest" or as "soldier chroniclers" and their texts as "conquest discourses" brimming with a “triumphalistic tone” (Altuna, 2004, p. 11). Rather, I propose, almost 20 years later and from a post-colonial perspective, to call them “chroniclers of the invasion” or “chroniclers of war”. This new terminology, more descriptive and less euphemistic, or more from the perspective of the colonized and less from that of the colonizer, strips the early texts of their heroic garb by treating the Spanish as invaders, with the negative charge that goes with it, and not as conquerors, a term that entails the positive connotations of heroism and dedication. |
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