Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest

This book investigates the functions of animal imagery in narratives of the Conquest of the Americas, showing how depictions of animals' treatment and symbolism disrupt narratives of this period as a mutually beneficial encounter between cultures.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. "This Is My Forest!": Indigenous Animals in Apocalypto
Chapter 2. "The Falcon Devoured Its Nest": Animals in Poetic Responses to the Conquest of the Americas
Chapter 3. Emptying Montezuma's Zoo: The Conquest of the Animal Other in Malinche
Chapter 4. Conquest, Cannibalism, and the Comedia: The Predatory Instinct in El entenado
Chapter 5. Uncanny Encounters: New World Creatures in The Road to El Dorado
Chapter 6. "Jaguar Is Your Real Name": Performing Animality in Isabel Allende's City of the Beasts
Chapter 7. Monsters at the Edge of the World: The Nonhuman Conquest in Books for Young Children
Chapter 8. "Reconquer Your Illusion": Gamifying the Encounter at Isla Má gica
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author