“Quisiera ver los que suelen componer estos libros de pastores donde todo es primavera”: campo literario y literatura del campo en España y la América colonial (1516-1808)

In this project, I tackle the issue of the ideological appropriation of the Iberian countryside, its endo-colonial reality (e.g., Moriscos), and the exportation of these feudal, endo-colonial practices to the New World since the accession to the Spanish throne of Charles I in 1516 until the infamous abdication of Charles IV in 1808. My analysis of hegemonic intellectual production shows how the bureaucracy conceived the displacement and concealment of the working class and populations of color. My research offers a comprehensive grasp of the rural space and its diverse peoples. It contributes to current trends in colonial, cultural, and Spanish Early Modern studies by integrating frequently dissociated theoretical frameworks within the fields of history, literature, philosophy, and economy. Moreover, my investigation sheds light on the structural conditions that determined cultural production and the modus vivendi of millions across the territories of the Spanish empire. In the first chapter, I lay out the dissertation's theoretical framework. I discuss the historical developments that enabled the transition from feudalism to capitalism and the subsequent changes in the ideological sphere. I hypothesize that the countryside and its marginalized peoples lay at the center of policymaking and, therefore, determine the socioeconomic agenda. In chapters two and three, I analyze a corpus of political, economic, and literary works showing how these ideological shifts unfolded in the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish colonies in America. Ultimately, I demonstrate that the Spanish cultural production of this period heavily draws from a hegemonic conception of the space surrounding the court (i.e., the country and overseas territories) and that the expansion of private property and enterprises is sustained upon the concealment of working-class minorities.

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Temple University. Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Pascual Duran, Victor

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pueyo Zoco, Victor

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Piera, Montserrat
• Ricketts, Mónica
• Martínez, Miguel, 1980-

• Latin American literature

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es

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/10927

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oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/10927