Es honor de su nación’
Legal Rhetoric, Ethnic Alliances and the Opening of an Indigenous Convent in Colonial Oaxaca
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12413604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mónica Díaz (0000-0002-0957-1876, Georgia State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-258 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Colonial Latin American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-9164 • E-ISSN: 1466-1802 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10609164.2013.808470 |
| OpenAlex | W2043486921 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
This article examines the manner in which the caciques (noble Indians) and principales (Indian notables) from the Oaxaca region in New Spain adopted a ‘legal rhetoric’ in their quest to open a convent for noble Indian women during the eighteenth century. Through a close reading of the legal documentation produced in the petition for the convent for indigenous women in Antequera, I find that the caciques strategically used the same laws that had placed them in a subordinated place in the social hierarchy of the colony in order to negotiate certain rights and privileges. Aware of their belonging to the legally determined category of ‘Indians,’ indigenous peoples from the Valley of Oaxaca appealed specifically to the laws that had granted them a special judicial place in the colonial scheme. By referencing the Recopilación de las leyes de las Indias and several royal decrees (cédulas), the caciques appealed to colonial officials at a key historical moment, when Bourbon reforms sought to modernize all institutions, including the Catholic Church
Colonialism · Ethnology · Honor · Indigenization · Indigenous · Negotiation · Political science · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American history and culture · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America
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Beyond the Lettered City
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"Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City
The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule
Myth and Archive
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |