Repositorios de poder: la poesía visual en México colonial:Repositories of Power: Visual Poetry in Colonial Mexico

Abstract

Abstract This work reviews the interventions of visual poetry in the colonies’ lettered world. From the visual exercises with educational and practical value to the visual poems that appeared in poetry contests, these poetic practices reorganize the categories of masculine/feminine readership and authorship as well as the circulation of poetry. Through a contextualized analysis of the uses of visual poetry, this article shows some of the ways in which colonial writers conquered and generated new forms of “authorized word” in the colonies and how these disputes would create a much more diverse and complex reality for the lettered world.