José Juan Villagrana

Racial Apocalypse

The Cultivation of Supremacy in the Early Modern World

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals the relationship between apocalyptic thought, political supremacy, and racialization in the early modern world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9781032268033
• ISBN-10: 1032268034
• Artikelnr.: 69875497

Autorenporträt

José Juan Villagrana is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San José State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "All nations and kindreds"
1 Apocalypse and Racial Assimilation in Spanish Colonial Texts: Motolinía,
Mendieta, and Acosta
2 Goths and Magog: Asserting and Disputing Spanish Global Supremacy in
Spanish Ethnic Origin Myths and English Black Legend Polemic
3 Making a Prophet: Greville, Sidney, Drake, and the Cultivation of English
Colonial Supremacy
Coda: The Legacy of Apocalyptic Racism