Women in the Crucible of Conquest : The Gendered Genesis of Spanish American Society, 1500-1600

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Summary

The first history of women's contributions to the Spanish colonization of the New World.

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Introduction	1	(14)
1. Pre-Hispanic Gender Roles under the Aztecs and the Incas	15	(24)
2. The Spanish Invasion of the Americas: A Gendered Collision	39	(29)
3. Colonial Sexuality: Of Women, Men, and Mestizaje	68	(25)
4. Women's Domination under Colonial Rule	93	(19)
5. Spanish Gender Ideologies: Prescriptions, Realities, and New World Constructions	112	(30)
6. Invisible Workers: Women's Labor under Spanish Rule	142	(26)
7. Women's Empowerment under Spanish Rule	168	(19)
Conclusion	187	(18)
Notes	205	(11)
Bibliography	216	(8)
Index	224