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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Spaniards"”.
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Rebels of Laicacota: Spaniards, Indians, and Andean Mestizos in Southern Peru During the Mid -Colonial Crisis of 1650--1680
… of cultural and ethnic identity formation among Spaniards, Indians, and mestizos (mixed-bloods) in the colonial Andes, and the links and divisions among these groups present in specific intra-elite conflicts and cross-strata alliances. These issues are addressed through the analysis of the …
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Between gods and men : analyzing the Aztec deification of the Spanish Conquistadores and reassessing its significance
… accounts arose claiming the Aztecs believed the Spaniards to be gods. This tale of Spanish deification has sparked heated debate among scholars for centuries as they have been asking, "Did the Aztecs truly believe the Spaniards to be gods?" This question naturally results in two lines of …
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Burying the War Hatchet: Spanish-Comanche Relations in Colonial Texas, 1743-1821
… events that brought both people to the land that Spaniards named Texas. The remaining chapters provide a detailed account of Spanish-Comanche interaction from first contact until the end of Spanish rule in 1821. Although it is generally written that Spaniards first met Comanches at San Antonio de …
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Writing hybridity: identity, dialogics, and women's narratives in the Americas
… to control its meaning. After the arrival of the Spaniards to the Americas, the need to restrain cultural mixture and therefore define “hybridity” was pressing. Thus, the discourse of mestizaje appears first to differentiate Spaniards from non-Spaniards, and later to give a fixed national identity …
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'For a better Spain and a fairer Europe': A re-examination of the Spanish Blue Division in its Social, Cultural and Policital context 1941-2005
… division to fight on the Eastern Front. These Spaniards fought in the División Española de Voluntarios (D.E.V.) or as they are more popularly known, the Division Azul, or Blue Division because of their Falange shirts. The DEV essentially was ‘volunteer’ in name only as it would not have been …
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Feminism Under and After Franco: Success and Failure in the Democratic Transition
… late-20th century Spanish feminism, analyzes how Spaniards’ anxieties about their nation’s post-Franco identity have influenced domestic debates about women’s rights and, eventually, gender equality policy. In this way debates about women’s rights have been central to Spaniards’ post-Franco …
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Afro-Peruvian Identity and Its Connection with the Land:The Guayabo-Chincha Case
… social structure is the legacy left by the Spaniards since the colonial period. National rhetoric on race also disparages the contribution of African descended communities to Peru's culture. By contrast, the community of El Guayabo in southern Peru has developed a strong, positive identity. …
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Expression of Status in Sixteenth Century Tlaxcala
… Mexico. Due, in part, to their alliance with the Spaniards, the Tlaxcalans' experiences in the early colonial period were unique. The Tlaxcalans capitalized successfully on their military service by petitioning for and receiving certain privileges from the colonial Spanish authorities. This …
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Competition and Conflict: Maryland's First Ten Years
… in Virginia hoping to achieve the same success Spaniards had in the West Indies. Yet, North America held little wealth in the forms of gold or silver and the hopes of finding a Northwest Passage proved fruitless as well. For over ten years British holdings in the New World showed little sign of …
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Beyond the Missions: Ethnogenesis in Colonial Paraguay, 1556-1700
… Guaraní socio-cultural practices determined what Spaniards could and could not do in colonial Paraguay. Beyond the Missions,' refers to colonial encounters outside the oft-romanticized Jesuit missions, especially within the provincial capital of Asunción. This research, therefore, complements the …
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Education, Fascism, and the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain
… of State and Church policies. Interviews of Spaniards that attended school during the Franco era were also included.</p>
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Isolation, Loss of Innocence, Gender, and Trauma in Ana María Matute's Primera memoria and Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad
… Franco and gave a voice to a generation of Spaniards traumatized by the violence of the war.
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Una Legua Cuadrada: Exploring the History of Swanton Pacific Ranch and Environs
… original inhabitants included Native Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, as well as various European immigrants and their descendants; currently, the staff, faculty, and students of Cal Poly occupy the land. Each of these groups used the land’s rich environment for a variety of purposes from …
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The shape of segregation : the role of urban form in immigrant assimilation
… with other immigrants or with the native-born Spaniards. Differences in the built environment appear to have a sizable effect on how immigrants coexist with host communities. The arrival of immigrants to suburban areas is associated with less segregation than other areas. In particular, certain …
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Rescatando a la Pachamama
… who is believed to have been decapitated by the Spaniards, will one-day return to establish a new empire. His body, which is buried, will gradually grow from his head thanks to the regenerative power of Pachamama. When his body is complete, Inkarrí will rise up again and take power to restore …
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The history of Tuolumne County during the gold rush
… Englishmen, “Sidney Ducks”, Frenchmen, Germans, Spaniards, Chinese, Negroes, Irishmen, and Chileans rubbed elbows and occasionally fists with each other. The region was full of gamblers, drunkards, fast women and lumps of gold.</p><p>Before the great rush for gold, California was a quiet, …
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Hombres Normativos: The Creation and Inculcation of Martial Masculinity during the Franco Regime in Spain (1939—1975)
… of Spanish society, and the creation of proper Spaniards. This ideal type of man was the martial, masculine, obedient, and pious member of the nation who fulfilled his role as a dutiful husband and father. Utilizing Foucauldian, post-structural, ethnographic, and feminist theories and situating …
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Fermenting Identities: Race and Pulque Politics in Mexico City between 1519 and 1754
… in the sacred maguey and pulque spearheaded many Spaniards' attacks on Indian culture. Pulque initially differentiated Indian from Spaniard and "good" Indian from "bad" Indian. However, once de facto domination progressed into the middle colonial period the pulque identities that "pulque politics" …
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Creating the Present From the Ideological Margins of Society: Pseudo -Autobiographies in Post -Dictatorship Spain
… Rojas uses his (re)creation of Azana to offer Spaniards guidance during the transition after Franco's death. Chapter three analyzes how Gala brings to the present a new version of the history of Al-Andalus; Gala/Boabdil provide the people of Andalusia with new historical myths to help them …
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From Chaos to Order: Balancing Cross-Cultural Communication in the Pre-Colonial and Colonial Southeast
… The extensive and violent entradas led by Spaniards into the Southeastern interior in the 1500s represent a watershed moment in North American history that deeply impacted the economic, social, and geopolitical landscapes of an already well-populated and politically sophisticated region. …
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