RT Journal Article
T1 “Forged letters. Counterfeit manumission certificates and subaltern writing practices as used by enslaved individuals in early modern Iberia”
A1 Bouza Álvarez, Fernando Jesús
AB The focus of the essay is the fabrication, circulation and use of ‘forged documents’ by subaltern groups, and in particular, counterfeit manumission certificates created for and by enslaved individuals in Iberia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The analysis of ‘forged documents’ provides a deeper insight into how official model documents were appropriated by these subaltern illiterate groups. Furthermore, it provides a testimony of the dynamics of subaltern responses to documentary norms and models along the lines discussed by Donald F. McKenzie.
YR 2025
FD 2025-05-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118813
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118813
LA eng
NO F. Bouza (2024) Forged Letters: Counterfeit Manumission Certificates and Subaltern Writing Practices as Used by Enslaved Individuals in Early Modern Iberia. Jems. 13: pp. 43-58. doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.36253/JEMS-2279-7149- 15261
NO AEI MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y UNIVERSIDADES
DS Docta Complutense
RD 3 abr 2025