Date of Award
2019-01-01
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
History
Advisor(s)
Ignacio . MartÃnez
Abstract
This Dissertation studies the hypermasculine narratives related to the expansion of the Tarascan state and its borderlands in early colonial Michoacán. Colonial texts such as the Relación de Michoacán and the relaciones geográficas depict the ascendance of the powerful Uacúsecha dynasty whose solar deity and male rulers oversaw the conquest of the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin and succeeded in holding back the Mexica (Aztecs) from penetrating their territories. The Dissertation pays particular attention to how contemporary political events, namely the Spanish conquest of Michoacán, endemic warfare in center-west Mexico, and political rivalries amongst Indigenous elites, influenced these accounts. Consequently, these narratives elaborated in colonial texts such as the Relación de Michoacán and relaciones geográficas seemed to portray a "patriarchal," male-centered history of the Tarascan peoples that often overlooked the roles of Indigenous women. I problematize these androcentric narratives by analyzing them as a hypermasculine performance of Tarascan elites. I argue that during the sixteenth century, the Tarascan borderlands were sites where Indigenous hypermasculinities were constructed, reimagined, and performed in ways that were often superficial and reflected the contemporary political moments in which they were produced.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2019-12
File Size
360 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Daniel Santana
Recommended Citation
Santana, Daniel, "Indigenous Masculinities and the Tarascan Borderlands in Sixteenth-Century Michoacán" (2019). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2899.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2899
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