Did the book talk about La Malinche? From my understanding she is often seen as the complex personification of the indigenous relationship to colonial Spain: translator, victim, mediator, traitor, mother. Also interested in anything the book said about Bartolome de las Casas.
The author did talk about La Malinche and Las Casas. I forget specifics, but he talked about how they have been reimagined different ways through the centuries. (Last year I read The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas and he mentioned that Las Casas at one point advocated for African slavery in order to protect native peoples.) As a person who knows little about colonialism, this book was an entertaining way to get into the complexity of it. I'm sure if you know a lot about the time period, it would be even more interesting.
Did the book talk about La Malinche? From my understanding she is often seen as the complex personification of the indigenous relationship to colonial Spain: translator, victim, mediator, traitor, mother. Also interested in anything the book said about Bartolome de las Casas.
The author did talk about La Malinche and Las Casas. I forget specifics, but he talked about how they have been reimagined different ways through the centuries. (Last year I read The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas and he mentioned that Las Casas at one point advocated for African slavery in order to protect native peoples.) As a person who knows little about colonialism, this book was an entertaining way to get into the complexity of it. I'm sure if you know a lot about the time period, it would be even more interesting.
Wonderfully insightful!