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- Title
Racial, Religious, and Civic Creole Identity in Colonial Spanish America.
- Authors
Cañizares-Esguerra, Jorge
- Abstract
Presents an essay on racial, religious and civic Creole identity in colonial Spanish America, depicted in the painting titled "Fountain of Life and Mercy," by Gerard and Lucas Horenbout. Association of fountains with salvation and purity in Christian discourse; Influence of theological and compositional principles in Mexican paintings; Summary of beliefs about Creole discourse in colonial Spanish America.
- Subjects
CREOLES in literature; RACIAL identity of Black people; RELIGIOUS life; SPANISH Americans; CIVIC improvement; HORENBOUT, Gerard, ca. 1465-ca. 1540; HORENBOUT, Lucas, ca. 1490-1544
- Publication
American Literary History, 2005, Vol 17, Issue 3, p420
- ISSN
0896-7148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/alh/aji024