In her study on the configuration of difference in colonial New Granada, Joanne Rappaport contends that many studies “tend to ignore how different practices of distinguishing one individual from another came into play in concrete situations,” and as a result they “end up labeling as ‘race’ something that was much more multifaceted.” Subsequently, she urges scholars to interpret colonial subjects and their identities on their own terms. This study responds to Rappaport's call by analyzing the workings of the historical concept of calidad in colonial Spanish America.

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Calidad 的运作：西班牙帝国公司的荣誉、治理和社会等级制度

乔安妮·拉帕波特 (Joanne Rappaport) 在关于殖民地新格拉纳达差异配置的研究中认为，许多研究“倾向于忽略在具体情况下如何区分一个人与另一个人的不同做法”，因此他们“最终将其标记为'种族' 的东西要多方面得多。” 随后，她敦促学者以自己的方式解释殖民主体及其身份。本研究通过分析西班牙殖民美洲殖民地历史概念的运作来响应 Rappaport 的号召。