Thanks for this but first, ojo! His name is Guaman Poma, not Puma. In that naming is important to him, it seems wise to respect his own self-naming.
And indeed, he's trying to write himself within a complex social network that would give him the legitimacy to write in the first place. In part this is about lineage, yes. But it's also about constructing a parallel between Spanish and Inca titles and honorifics. And yet at the same time justifying and explaining the differences.
Thanks for this but first, ojo! His name is Guaman Poma, not Puma. In that naming is important to him, it seems wise to respect his own self-naming.
And indeed, he's trying to write himself within a complex social network that would give him the legitimacy to write in the first place. In part this is about lineage, yes. But it's also about constructing a parallel between Spanish and Inca titles and honorifics. And yet at the same time justifying and explaining the differences.