The Canonizer De-Canonized
The Case of William H. Prescott
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9869985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John E Eipper (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2133 • E-ISSN: 2153-6414 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/346006 |
| OpenAlex | W2034497972 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
No Hispanist was more instrumental in defining the field of Latin American Colonial Studies than William H. Prescott (1796-1859). His histories, most notably the History ofthe Conquest ofMexico (1843), were bestselling works which informed the U.S. public about Latin American antiquity during the Manifest Des- tiny period of mid-century. Despite Prescott's outspoken criticism of the Mexican-American War of 1846-48, the historian has often been situated in recent scholarship as a cause of U.S. imperialism. Such a view is counterproductive, inasmuch as it diverts critical attention away from the imperialist contours of Prescott's codification of a Colonial Latin American textual canon. Prescott thus invites present-day Hispanists to reflect upon the ideological agendas that continue to underlie the act of canon-formation, as well as upon the possible long-term political effects of what is produced today under the guise of disinterested scholarship
Economics · Theology · Historical Studies in Latin America · Latin American and Latino Studies · Literary and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2017 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |