درس‌های اسپانیایی کاتن مادر: داستانی از زبان، نژاد و تعلق در آمریکای اولیه

**A sweeping history of linguistic and colonial encounter in the early Americas, anchored by the unlikely story of how Boston's most famous Puritan came to write the first Spanish-language publication in the English New World.** The Boston minister Cotton Mather was the first English colonial to refer to himself as an American. He was also the first to author a Spanish-language publication: __La Fe del Christiano__ (The Faith of the Christian), a Protestant tract intended to evangelize readers across the Spanish Americas. Kirsten Silva Gruesz explores the conditions that produced __La Fe del Christiano__, from the intimate story of the "Spanish Indian" servants in Mather's household, to the fragile business of printing and bookselling, to the fraught overlaps of race, ethnicity, and language that remain foundational to ideas of Latina/o/x belonging in the United States today. Mather's Spanish project exemplifies New England's entanglement within a partially Spanish Catholic, largely Indigenous New World. British Americans viewed Spanish not only as a set of linguistic practices, but also as the hallmark of a rival empire and a nascent racial-ethnic category. Guided by Mather's tract, Gruesz explores English settlers' turbulent contacts with the people they called "Spanish Indians," as well as with Black and local native peoples. Tracing colonial encounters from Boston to Mexico, Florida, and the Caribbean, she argues that language learning was intimately tied with the formation of new peoples. Even as Spanish has become the de facto second language of the United States, the story of __La Fe del Christiano__ remains timely and illuminating, locating the roots of __latinidad__ in the colonial system of the early Americas. __Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons__ reinvents our understanding of a key colonial intellectual, revealing notions about language and the construction of race that endure to this day.

A sweeping history of linguistic and colonial encounterin the early Americas, anchored by the unlikely story of howBoston's most famous Puritan came to write the firstSpanish-language publication in the English New World. TheBoston minister Cotton Mather was the first English colonial torefer to himself as an American. He was also the first to author aSpanish-language publication: La Fe del Christiano (TheFaith of the Christian), a Protestant tract intended to evangelizereaders across the Spanish Americas. Kirsten Silva Gruesz exploresthe conditions that produced La Fe del Christiano, fromthe intimate story of the "Spanish Indian" servants in Mather'shousehold, to the fragile business of printing and bookselling, tothe fraught overlaps of race, ethnicity, and language that remainfoundational to ideas of Latina/o/x belonging in the United Statestoday. Mather's Spanish project exemplifies New England'sentanglement within a partially Spanish Catholic, largelyIndigenous New World. British Americans viewed Spanish not only asa set of linguistic practices, but also as the hallmark of a rivalempire and a nascent racial-ethnic category. Guided by Mather'stract, Gruesz explores English settlers' turbulent contacts withthe people they called "Spanish Indians," as well as with Black andlocal native peoples. Tracing colonial encounters from Boston toMexico, Florida, and the Caribbean, she argues that languagelearning was intimately tied with the formation of new peoples.Even as Spanish has become the de facto second language of theUnited States, the story of La Fe del Christiano remainstimely and illuminating, locating the roots of latinidadin the colonial system of the early Americas. Cotton Mather'sSpanish Lessons reinvents our understanding of a key colonialintellectual, revealing notions about language and the constructionof race that endure to this day.

Introduction: The first Spanish imprint in English America -- The global ambitions of a Creole family -- Telling the future of America Mexicana -- From language encounters to language rights -- Becoming a Spanish Indian -- Teaching by catechism and conversation -- Books as keys to the Spanish tongue -- Impressing the word in exotic types -- Racial fears on Franco-Spanish frontiers -- The shipwreck of the family design -- Coda: colonial lessons in Latinidad "In 1699, Cotton Mather authored the first Spanish-language text in the English New World: a religious tract aimed at evangelizing readers across the Spanish Americas. Kirsten Silva Gruesz uses Mather's text to explore complex overlaps of race, ethnicity, and language in the early Americas, which continue to govern Latina/o/x belonging today"-- Provided by publisher