1.5 LESSON: The Legacy of the Reconquista in Latin America

IN THIS LESSON, we ask: What is then the meaning of artistic Islamic Manifestations during the 300 years of Spanish Dominions over the Americas? In this companion lesson to The Castilians & the Beginnings of National Pride, we break down the legacy of the Reconquista and its manifestations in colonial Latin American art. We show why Islamic modes of temple decorations thrived throughout the Americas, and we deconstruct the ideological baggage of Mudejar art. Stay tuned until the end to see how different nations have appropriated this event in order to serve their own national histories since.
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Episode 5: LESSON: The Legacy of the Reconquista in Latin America
Season 1: Mestizaje Contextualized: Encounters in the Early Modern Period
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Secondary Sources:
Dodds, Jerrilynn Denise, Maria Rosa Menocal, and Abigail Krasner Balbale. 2010. The arts of intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the making of Castilian culture. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
Martínez, Maria Elena. 2013. Genealogical fictions: limpieza de sangre, religion, and gender in colonial Mexico. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Payne, Stanley G. 1976. A history of Spain and Portugal. [Vol.] 1 [Vol.] 1. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press.
Ramón Grosfoguel. 2013. "The Structure of Knowledge in Westernized Universities: Epistemic Racism/Sexism and the Four Genocides/Epistemicides of the Long 16th Century". Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge. 11 (1).
Wynters, Sylvia. 1995. "1492: A New World View" (1995), Race, Discourse, and the Origin of the Americas: A New World View. Ed. Sylvia Wynter, Vera Lawrence Hyatt, and Rex Nettleford. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. 5-57.
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[@rosamama5799]

Oiga Dr Babelito, qué buen video tan lleno de información que yo desconocía!
Muy ilustrativo y muy bien explicado!!!
Muyyyy interesante!!!

[@leora_in_london]

The artesonado examples are fascinating!

[@UnsettlingJourneys]

Yes, there is a whole culture of artesoanado in Cuba and various part of the Caribbean as well. Thank you for subscribing!

[@leora_in_london]

@@UnsettlingJourneys I'll look more into it! About to start my graduate program in art history at UCL and my professor recommended your channel to prepare for her class! I definitely learned a lot from your videos! Cant wait to see more :)

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@@leora_in_london Awesome, let her know we're happy to have her students watch us!