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The Woman Who Turned Into a Jaguar, and Other Narratives of Native Women in Archives of Colonial Mexico The Woman Who Turned Into a Jaguar, and Other Narratives of Native Women in Archives of Colonial Mexico Lisa Sousa ; stanford university press stanford, california Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2017 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Sousa, Lisa, author. Title: The woman who turned into a jaguar, and other narratives of native women in archives of colonial Mexico / Lisa Sousa. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Identifiers: lccn 2016021290 (print) | lccn 2016020106 (ebook) | isbn 9781503601116 () | isbn 9780804756402 | isbn 9780804756402 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: Indian women—Mexico—Social conditions. | Mexico—Social conditions—To 1810. | Mexico—History—Spanish colony, 1540–1810. Classification: lcc f1219.3.W6 (print) | lcc f1219.3.W6 S68 2017 (ebook) | ddc 305.48/897072—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016021290 Typeset by Newgen in 10/12 Sabon To Kevin, Isabella, and Vincenzo, with love Contents List of Figures, Tables, and Maps ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Gender and the Body 19 3. Marriage Encounters 50 4. Marital Relations 84 5. Sexual Attitudes and Concepts 110 6. Sexual Crimes 148 7. Duties and Responsibilities 177 8. Household and Community 225 9. Rebellious Women 262 10. Conclusion 296 Glossary 309 Notes 313 References 373 Index 393 Figures, Tables, and Maps figures 1.1. Offerings to the goddess Chicome Coatl at Cinteopan revealing the gendered division of labor in Nahua society 2 2.1. Drunkard who transformed into a rabbit 23 2.2. Nahualli forms of a commoner 25 2.3. Calendar reader naming a newborn and explaining his fate 27 2.4. Midwife ritually bathing a baby boy with the symbols of masculinity lying beside the basin 34 2.5. Symbols of femininity introducing text that describes the bathing ritual for a baby girl performed by a midwife 35 2.6. Midwife performing the bathing ceremony 36 2.7. Ñudzahui noblemen and noblewomen making offerings at a temple 44 2.8. Xochihuaque, or cross-dressed man and woman 47 3.1. Image submitted to the Holy Office of the Inquisition showing Martín Xochimitl being tried for polygyny with the four sisters who were his “wives” 60 3.2. Marriage prognostication warning of violence 66 3.3. Marriage prognostication warning of violence 67 3.4. Marriage prognostication warning of violence 68 3.5. Cihuatlanque discussing marriage negotiations with a young man 69
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