Un jaque a la verdad

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Análisis de la trayectoria del linaje desde 1374 a 1474, período que encierra de principio a fin dos ejes argumentales de extraordinario interés: los vínculos de la Casa de Arcos con la monarquía y las relaciones con el linaje de Guzmán, su eterno rival. En ambos casos, el objeto de deseo y de discordia es la propia ciudad de Sevilla.

Las percepciones y los discursos sobre la indianidad marcan un recorrido tan complejo como la evolución de la historia occidental y sus relaciones con América durante cinco siglos. Esos imaginarios -como toda representación colectiva- se han conformado cual amalgamas del ’sentido común’ propio de cada gran periodo histórico de la expansión de los europeos. Estos discursos se han nutrido de las prácticas del sometimiento de los indios, que luego fueron nombrados como indígenas, aborígenes, hasta llegar a los escenarios actuales en que los poderes y las sociedades no-indígenas...