Women of Vigorous Spirit: Gender Stereotypes and Roles in the Conquest of America in the 16th Century

This text investigates how certain exceptional actions carried out by women in the military sphere during the conquest of America in the 16th century were documented, interpreted, and narrated by witnesses and chroniclers. These accounts were influenced by gender archetypes and stereotypes shaped and influenced by the prevailing social, religious, moral and cultural conventions of that period. The article analyzes some paradigmatic cases from the early Peruvian viceroyalty. This analysis is conducted from a gender perspective that enables the examination of aspects such as female models transferred to the New World and the consideration of the actions of some women in frontier territories, where various factors allowed for, and even demanded, roles far removed from the norms of Early Modern society.

• Fecha de publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/13955
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/15566; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/13955
• Palabra clave: mujeres; estereotipo; rol de género; identidad; Edad Moderna; conquista; Inés Suarez; Isabel de Guevara; women; stereotypes; gender roles; identity; Modern Age; conquest; Inés Suarez; Isabel de Guevara; femmes; stéréotype; rôle de genre; identité; époque moderne; conquête; Inés Suarez; Isabel de Guevara
• License: Derechos de autor 2023 Historia Y Memoria