Labradores ricos, asalariados, and hidalgos: Class Tension and Institutional Betrayal in the Episode of Andrés and Juan Haldudo (Don Quixote 1.4 and 1.31)

• Rachel Schmidt ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Calgary

     University of Calgary

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, ISSN-e 0277-6995, Vol. 44, Nº. 1-2, 2024, págs. 82-97
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines the representation of the class conflict between Don Quixote as a hidalgo, Juan Haldudo as a rich herder, and Andrés as a poor day laborer through the lens of institutional betrayal (Don Quixote 1.4 and 1.31). The increased physical and social violence inflicted on Andrés by Haldudo after Don Quixote's intervention, as well as the young man's trauma response to the situation reveal the way social institutions reinforced the power of the rich laborers in early modern Castile and the tensions between them and the hidalguía.