Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. About the Series vii
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. Situated Interventions: Colonial Imprints, Decolonial Moves 1
6. 1. Beyond Exotization and Likeness: Alterity and the Production of Sense in a Colonial Encounter 27
7. 2. Christian Realism and Magicality during Atahualpa’s Imprisonment 65
8. 3. Why Betting a Barrel of Preserves Can Be a Bad Thing To Do: Civilizing Deeds and Snags 97
9. 4. Illusions of Mastery: Manco Inca’s War and the Colonial Normal 125
10. 5. The Emergence of a New Mestizo Consciousness: An Unthinkable Inca 159
11. 6. Power as Moves: A Mid-1540s Repertoire of Flipping the Coin 193
12. 7. “The End” 227
13. Basic Political Chronology of the Spanish Conquest 231
14. Notes 233
15. Glossary 249
16. References 251
17. Index 275