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Author Powers, Karen Vieira, 1950-

Title Women in the crucible of conquest : the gendered genesis of Spanish American society, 1500-1600 / Karen Vieira Powers.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Stacks  HQ1460.5 .P68 2005    Available  ---
Description ix, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Series Diálogos
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Pre-Hispanic gender roles under the Aztecs and the Incas -- The Spanish invasion of the Americas : a gendered collision -- Colonial sexuality : of women, men, and Mestizaje -- Women's domination under colonial rule -- Spanish gender ideologies : prescriptions, realities, and New World constructions -- Invisible workers : women's labor under Spanish rule -- Women's empowerment under Spanish rule -- Conclusion.
Subject Women -- Latin America -- History -- 16th century.
Women.
Latin America.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Sex role -- Latin America -- History -- 16th century.
Sex role.
Inca women -- Social conditions.
Inca women.
Social conditions.
Aztec women -- Social conditions.
Aztec women.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Social conditions.
Spain.
Colonies.
America.
Women.
Womyn.
Gender roles.
ISBN 0826335195 paperback alkaline paper
0826335187 cloth alkaline paper