Powers Karen Vieira 1950

Women in the crucible of conquest : the gendered genesis of Spanish American society, 1500-1600 / Karen Vieira Powers. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005. - 230 p.

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

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Women--History--Latin America--16th century


Spain--Social conditions--America

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