Gathering a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the complex processes of identity formation in the transatlantic world of the Hispanic Baroque. Identities in the Hispanic world are deeply intertwined with sociological concepts such as class and estate, with geography and religion, and with issues related to the ethnic diversity of the world?s first transatlantic empire and its various miscegenations. Contributors offer the reader diverse vantage points on the challenging problem of how identities in the Hispanic world may be analyzed and interpreted.