Salvajes y chichimecas

Mitos De Alteridad en Las Fuentes Novohispanas

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ID2646069
AuthorsCarlos Santamarina Novillo (0000-0002-7358-6917, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue1
Publication date2016-05-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Española de Antropología Americana (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0556-6533 • E-ISSN: 1695-503X
PublisherUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5209/rev_reaa.2015.v45.n1.52353
OpenAlexW2372238142
LanguageEN
Citations received6

We call myths of alterity to traditional beliefs that a people uses in its ethnocentric view over other people. Following the proposal of Roger Bartra, we examined some chronicles of New Spain to prove that European myths of alterity relating to the savage man influenced the descriptions that we have about the indigenous Mesoamerican peoples known as Chichimecs. Finally, we offer our reflections about the use and scope of these myths of alterity in relation to European expansion in America, and the methodological need of submit to criticism the information offered by the available sources. We have to remember that they was produced in the context of a global process of colonial acculturation

Art · Humanities · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy

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