Female Amerindians in early modern Spanish theater / edited by Gladys Robalino.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.

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Intro -- Title Page -- A Note on Translations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Courting the Female Body: Towards a Poetics of the Conquest in Lope de Vega's El Nuevo Mundo descubierto por Cristóbal Colón -- The Role of Amerindian Women in Fernando de Zárate's La Conquista de México -- Amazonas en las Indias or Witches in the Amazon? Representing Otherness through the Stereotype of the Witch -- La aurora en Copacabana : Guacolda from Vestal Virgin to Virginal Model -- The Siren Song and the Enchanted Victim: The Portrayal of the Conquistadors and Tucapela in Palabras a los reyes y gloria de los Pizarros -- Amazonas en las Indias : Mixed Marriages and the Pizarros' Political Project -- Envisioning Guacolda, from Lyrical Creation to Ideological Manipulation -- La María sin Don: Subtle Mockery of the Establishment in El gobernador prudente -- Love and Fury: The Evolution of Fresia in Arauco domado of Lope de Vega -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book uses a gender perspective to study the female Amerindian characters in Early Modern Spanish Comedias. The chapters in this collection bring different approaches and perspectives that intersect between feminism and cultural studies while they also critically deconstruct the European representation of Amerindian women.

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