Reading Inca history

by Julien, Catherine J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Reading Inca history / Catherine Julien.

Summary

"At the heart of this book is the controversy over whether Inca history can and should be read as history. In Reading Inca History, Catherine Julien finds that the Incas did indeed create detectable life histories." "Julien identifies two Inca historical genres that contributed most to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish narratives: official dynastic genealogies and rulers' life histories. She uses a side-by-side comparison of many of the sources to identify the structure of underlying Inca genres and establish the dependency on oral sources. By looking at the multiple versions of particular events, she concludes that the prevailing Spanish versions of them could only be the result of subtle manipulation by a powerful lineage that ruled the largest empire ever known in the prehispanic Americas."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Iowa Press
Place of Publication:Iowa City
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2000.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 338 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0877457255, 9780877457251, 0877457972, 9780877457978
oclc:ocm43930173
LC Classification:F3429
Dewey Decimal:985/.019/072

Subjects

Genealogy Geschiedschrijving Incas Incas -- Généalogie Incas -- Généalogies Incas -- Genealogy Incas -- Geneology Incas -- Historiographie Incas -- Historiography Incas -- History Incas -- Kings and rulers Incas -- Rois et souverains Inka's