Moctezuma's Children
Moctezuma's Children

Author: Donald E. Chipman

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0292782640

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Though the Aztec Empire fell to Spain in 1521, three principal heirs of the last emperor, Moctezuma II, survived the conquest and were later acknowledged by the Spanish victors as reyes naturales (natural kings or monarchs) who possessed certain inalienable rights as Indian royalty. For their part, the descendants of Moctezuma II used Spanish law and customs to maintain and enhance their status throughout the colonial period, achieving titles of knighthood and nobility in Mexico and Spain. So respected were they that a Moctezuma descendant by marriage became Viceroy of New Spain (colonial Mexico's highest governmental office) in 1696. This authoritative history follows the fortunes of the principal heirs of Moctezuma II across nearly two centuries. Drawing on extensive research in both Mexican and Spanish archives, Donald E. Chipman shows how daughters Isabel and Mariana and son Pedro and their offspring used lawsuits, strategic marriages, and political maneuvers and alliances to gain pensions, rights of entailment, admission to military orders, and titles of nobility from the Spanish government. Chipman also discusses how the Moctezuma family history illuminates several larger issues in colonial Latin American history, including women's status and opportunities and trans-Atlantic relations between Spain and its New World colonies.

Legends Series, Leyendas Latinoamericanas
Legends Series, Leyendas Latinoamericanas

Author: Genevieve Barlow

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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"A collection of tales designed for readers who are beginning to function comfortably in Spanish and who want to become more familiar with the cultural heritage of Spanish-speaking Latin America"--Preface.

Utopian Dreams, Apocalyptic Nightmares
Utopian Dreams, Apocalyptic Nightmares

Author: Miguel López-Lozano

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781557534842

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Utopian Dreams, Apocalyptic Nightmares traces the history of utopian representations of the Americas, first on the part of the colonizers, who idealized the New World as an earthly paradise, and later by Latin American modernizing elites, who imagined Western industrialization, cosmopolitanism and consumption as a utopian dream for their independent societies. Carlos Fuentes, Homero Aridjis, Carmen Boullosa, and Alejandro Morales utilize the literary genre of dystopian science fiction to elaborate on how globalization has resulted in the alienation of indigenous peoples and the deterioration of the ecology. This book concludes that Mexican and Chicano perspectives on the past and the future of their societies constitute a key site for the analysis of the problems of underdevelopment, social injustice, and ecological decay that plague today's world. Whereas utopian discourse was once used to justify colonization, Mexican and Chicano writers now deploy dystopian rhetoric to interrogate projects of modernization, contributing to the current debate on the global expansion of capitalism. The narratives coincide in expressing confidence in the ability of Latin American and U.S. Latino popular sectors to claim a decisive role in the implementation of enhanced measures to guarantee an ecologically sound, ethnically diverse, and just society for the future of the Americas.

Leyendas Del Mundo Hispano
Leyendas Del Mundo Hispano

Author: Susan M. Bacon

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780130100108

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This unique collection of 10 interesting, accessible Hispanic legends from Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Spain, Puerto Rico, Argentina/Paraguay, and the United States is designed to enrich readers' immersion into Spanish and Hispanic culture on multiple levels. Its contextual approach to the legends, reading process and strategies, and comprehension and extension activities 1) help readers grow both in language skills and general communication and problem-solving skills; and 2) help them identify cultural universals and culturally unique values and to compare and connect their own cultural reality to the legends. Accompanying taped, "told" versions of the legends enables readers to hear the musicality and drama of the stories. Features interesting, accessible readings with universal themes--e.g., questions of money, power, honor, and revenge; fidelity and courage; star-crossed lovers; good and evil; friendship and good will; the futility of the search for imagined treasure. For anyone interested in the Spanish language or Hispanic literature.

Chacales
Chacales

Author: Guido J. Arze

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2008-10-29

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1462827578

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El lder del Partido Comunista acusa a la CIA por el crimen. El hermano e hijo de la victima encuentran contradictories algunos hechos y actitudes del acusador. Lo proclama hroe de la revolucin a la victima que antes haba acusado de traidor. Pero lo asombroso es que l haba anunciando la muerte un da antes del asesinato. Hermano e hijo no logran esclarecer absolutamente nada. El mdico forense descarta a la CIA como la autora del crimen. Un paramilitar sabe quines son los asesinos, pero muere asesinado. Cuando pareca que nunca sera revelado el enigma alguien lo resuelve.