El mito de la transición

«Una deconstrucción metódica de los mitos sobre la "conquista" de Cortés y la "rendición" de Moctezuma.» Kirkus Review El 8 de noviembre de 1519, el conquistador español Hernán Cortés tuvo su primer encuentro con el tlatoani mexica Moctezuma, a la entrada de la ciudad capital del imperio: Tenochtitlan. Esta presentación ha sido interpretada por mucho tiempo como un símbolo del brillante y agudo genio militar de Cortés. En cambio, Moctezuma es recordado como un cobarde que entregó sin resistencia un vasto imperio y provocó con ello una ola de invasiones coloniales que se...

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With contributions by well-known and respected critics, writing of a very high caliber, and essays that explore hitherto uncharted territory, Mirrors and Echoes is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Spanish women's writing. Lou Charnon-Deutsch, author of Narratives of Desire: Nineteenth-Century Spanish Fiction by Women"