'Enlightened' colonialism, smallpox, and the indigenous other in late eighteenth-century Mexico and Guatemala

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783839465059-006" target="_blank" >10.1515/9783839465059-006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

'Enlightened' colonialism, smallpox, and the indigenous other in late eighteenth-century Mexico and Guatemala

Original language description

This book explores the complex intersection of Enlightenment thought, colonialism, and indigenous experiences in late eighteenth-century Mexico and Guatemala, focusing particularly on the impact of smallpox. It examines how European colonial powers, under the guise of Enlightenment ideals, sought to ""improve"" and ""civilize"" indigenous populations, while simultaneously viewing them as subjects of both medical intervention and racialized domination. Central to this analysis is the role of smallpox as both a biological and cultural force, shaping colonial policies and perceptions of the indigenous ""other."" The book investigates how smallpox was understood and used by colonial authorities not only as a public health issue but also as a tool in the wider project of colonial control, emphasizing the ways in which the disease exacerbated indigenous suffering while also prompting the development of medical interventions, including the early use of inoculation. Drawing on historical records, medical texts, and colonial correspondence, the study challenges conventional narratives of the Enlightenment by highlighting the contradictions and violent realities of colonialism, and the ways in which indigenous populations navigated and resisted these processes. The book ultimately underscores the enduring legacies of colonial medicine, race, and disease in shaping the history of the Americas.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Epidemics and Othering: The Biopolitics of COVID-19 in Historical and Cultural Perspectives

ISBN

978-3-8394-6505-9

Number of pages of the result

25

Pages from-to

55-79

Number of pages of the book

313

Publisher name

Transcript-Verlag

Place of publication

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UT code for WoS chapter

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