Bernal Díaz del Castillo and the Reimagining of Colonial Mythologies

This article explores the role of stories of encounter as sites for post-colonial redefinitions of the meaning of the colonial past. Such stories become the centrepieces of subsequent debate about the relationships between different cultural groups. Hernán Cortés's meeting with Motecuzoma Xocoy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jane Hanley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bath Spa University 2009-11-01
Series:Transnational Literature
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Online Access:http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/7981/1/bitstream