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Colonization: Transculturation and Race
Latin American StudiesNovember 3, 2010
Do Now:Story of Malinche
Watch the movie and write down 5 important facts about Malinche
Homework ReviewUsing active reading notes, answer the
following questions:
What is transculturation?
What’s an example of it in our culture?
TransculturationEncounter between cultures
Cultural exchange and fusion
What are the “sites” of transculturation in Latin America?
Three cultures in contactSpanish
Indigenous
Africans
Slave Trade in the AmericasSlavery became main source of workers in
1600s
Human cargo coming from Western Africa—Portuguese controlled
New Caste SystemDeveloped racial breakdown that determined
spot in social hierarchy
Determined at birth by baptismal priest
Could not change castes!
Caste Painting1. Español con India, Mestizo2. Mestizo con Española, Castizo3. Castiza con Español, Española4. Español con Negra, Mulato5. Mulato con Española, Morisca6. Morisco con Española, Chino7. Chino con India, Salta atrás8. Salta atras con Mulata, Lobo9. Lobo con China, Gíbaro (Jíbaro)10. Gíbaro con Mulata, Albarazado11. Albarazado con Negra, Cambujo12. Cambujo con India, Sambiaga
(Zambiaga)13. Sambiago con Loba, Calpamulato14. Calpamulto con Cambuja, Tente en el aire15. Tente en el aire con Mulata,
No te entiendo16. No te entiendo con India,
Torna atrás
ReligionThe “spiritual conquest of America”
Early establishment of churches in order to convert the “heathens”
Missionaries into fringes of colonization
Inquisition in late 1500s
Fringes of ColonizationUrban vs. rural—how were they treated
differently?
Urban areas and mining/sugar areas = core of colony
Rural areas and farming areas = fringes
Characteristics of Core vs. FringeCORE FRINGE
HomeworkRead pp. 86-89
Next class meeting will be in the library!