Molly Borowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5921668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Molly Borowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Molly |
| FAMILY NAME | Borowitz |
| SIGNATURE | BOROWITZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2496-6999 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Eating Is Believing
The contradictory attitudes that Jesuit missionaries to viceregal Peru displayed toward various Andean staple foods with pre-contact ceremonial applications, most particularly cuy (guinea pig), suggest that they experienced a tension between colonial ambivalence and cultural accommodation. The Spanish colonial regime incentivized them to maintain the differences between their European selves and their Andean congregants in order to reinforce thei…
Clearing the king’s conscience
This essay argues that the New Laws of 1542 responded both legislatively and narratively to contemporary suspicions that Spanish rule in America constituted a tyranny, which, if true, would invalidate Charles V's exclusive rights of sovereignty and property on the continent. To affirm the legitimacy of Charles's authority, the New Laws showed him exercising good governance: reforming the corrupt Consejo de Indias, expanding the duties of the lack…
Milton Among Spaniards
The Language of Consolation
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The Language of Consolation
Clearing the king’s conscience
This essay argues that the New Laws of 1542 responded both legislatively and narratively to contemporary suspicions that Spanish rule in America constituted a tyranny, which, if true, would invalidate Charles V's exclusive rights of sovereignty and property on the continent. To affirm the legitimacy of Charles's authority, the New Laws showed him exercising good governance: reforming the corrupt Consejo de Indias, expanding the duties of the lack…
Milton Among Spaniards
Eating Is Believing
The contradictory attitudes that Jesuit missionaries to viceregal Peru displayed toward various Andean staple foods with pre-contact ceremonial applications, most particularly cuy (guinea pig), suggest that they experienced a tension between colonial ambivalence and cultural accommodation. The Spanish colonial regime incentivized them to maintain the differences between their European selves and their Andean congregants in order to reinforce thei…
Latin American history and culture (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ambivalence (1 work) · Clearing (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)