Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A country of Shepherds

• Race, Religion, and Culture in Early Modern Spain
• The Figure of the Shepherd in Early Modern Spain
• Pastoral Literature and Cultural Supersession

Part One. Sheep Herding and Ethnocentrism in Early Modern Spain

Part Two. Contesting Ethnocentrism within the Arcadia

Notes

Works Cited

Promotional Information

"A fascinating and erudite book. Irigoyen-Garcia combines literary, historical, and cultural analysis with critical theory to demonstrate the ways in which writers and painters in early modern Spain used sheep herding, the shepherd, and the pastoral to reinforce or oppose efforts toward ethnic, cultural, and religious exclusion and homogenization." -- Jean Dangler, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University

About the Author

Javier Irigoyen-GarcÍa is an associate professor of Spanish Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His previous work, The Spanish Arcadia, is also published by the University of Toronto Press.

Reviews

‘What makes this a great academic achievement is that it plays a big part in finding a meaningful global interpretation of the heterogeneous pastoral manifestation in early modern Spain.’ - Oiol Miro Marti (Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:04:2014) ‘The Spanish Arcadia is a beautifully written, insightful and well-researched study. Irigoyen-Garcia provides a wealth of information about Spanish historiography and the fashioning of national identity.’ - Bárbara Mujica (Bulletin of Spanish Studies vol 94:2017)