"Recovers the themes, intent, and legacy of 18th century Spanish American literature that often are lost in the broader scholarship of Latin American literature. Affirms importance of early period colonial Spanish American literature in world literature"--
Domesticating Conquest : José de Oviedo y Baño's Historia de la conquista y población de la provincia de Venezuela (1723) -- Domesticating Indians: Juan Ignacio Molina's Historia geográfica, natural y civil del reino de Chile (1788) -- Domesticating Nature: Félixx de Azara's Viajes por la América Meridional and other writings (1802) -- Domesticating God: Catalina de Jesús Herrera's Secretos entre el alma y Dios (1758) -- Domesticating Gold: José Martín Félix de Arrate's Llave del nuevo Mundo (1761) -- Conclusion
