Gender Roles In Spanish Culture

Que Vivan Los Tamales analyses the history of Mexico's evolving national identity via food. Mexican cuisine has changed dramatically from the the era of the aztecs, to the period of Spanish colonialism through to the Porfiriato dictatorship. Through these periods we we see food being used in a manner to unify the nation and create a national united identity. Below I will argue how the country attempted to unify its people though cuisine.

The Broken Spears, by Miguel Leon-Portilla, is an all-inclusive and compelling account of the Spanish conquest, told by the Aztecs also known as the conquered. Leon Portilla’s choice of events depicted in this book collides together giving the reader a broad view of the Spanish conquest. This book gives a history of emotional and spiritual human experiences, allowing the readers to comprehend, and relate to the Aztecs as they went through terror and faced their fears. This book provides an extensive amount of details concerning lack of leadership, bias and technological hardship that led to the Aztec defeat.

The pueblo revolt was something that took place so quickly. The pueblos felt as if they were being used and decided to rebel against the Spanish. Before the pueblo revolt there was some other issues in history that lead up to this event.

Throughout the late 1400’s and the 1500’s, the world experienced many changes due to the discoveries of new lands and peoples that had been never been visited before. The new-found lands of the Americas and exploration of Africa by the Europeans led to new colonies and discoveries in both areas. It also brought different societies and cultures together that had never before communicated, causing conflict in many of these places. While the Europeans treated both the Native Americans and West Africans as inferior people, the early effects they had on the Native Americans were much worse.

Matthew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest and the documentary version of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel explore reasons behind the success of the Spanish Conquest. Restall argues against the traditional assumptions about the identity of conquistadors. Conquistadors were not “exceptional” men or members of the king’s army;

This historically bad treatment of Natives Americans, was common in many of the European colonies of the Americas and was often used as propaganda for the competing European powers to create criticism and animosity towards the Spanish Empire. From the perspective of history and the colonization of the Americas, all of the European powers that colonized the Americas, such as England, Portugal, the Netherlands and others, were guilty of the same atrocities towards the Native Americans. Colonial powers have all been accused of massacring the natives in the Americas. The type of propaganda has been employed for centuries and in every country. We have even heard this from our parents, those people are no good because they

Gender roles are supposed to be equal when it comes to job opportunities and salary. However, in the Honduran society men are expected to do all the hard and dirty jobs and females are expected to do all the easy jobs. In fact, this stereotype is reinforced from a young age. Boys are given machetes and girls are given meteates (the instrument women use to grind corn into meal). With the purpose that men grow up to work in the fields and women to be the house keeper. This prevents women from having any kind of opportunity in entering a workforce field were just man are expected to be. But even if they were to get a chance to actually work in any of this fields, in addition to having to work twice as hard in order to get the job, are then paid

Colonial Latin America presented a land of many conqueror nations brewing a diverse environment into mirroring the societies of their respected home countries. In The Faces of Honor: Sex, Shame and Violence in Colonial Latin America by Lyman L. Johnston and Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, the authors present the history of Colonial Latin America and the copious faces of its honor system that set a firm standard of societal boundaries. Within the historically accurate portrayals of colonial lifestyles, the authors include examples of individuals exercising strain against the barriers set up by the normative dimensions of society. Although historical patterns show that defying the societal structure was facilitated by being in a higher social class,

Written between 1585 and 1613, Inca chronicler Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s The First New Chronicle and Good Government: On the History of the World and the Incas Up to 1615 details the history, culture, and lives of the Incas before and after the Spanish conquest. After the Spanish colonized the Andes, the Incas became subject to the Spaniards’ exploitation and abuse. The Incas were forced to labor, especially in the silver mines. The Spanish also imposed their religion and economics on the indigenous people. Through this chronicle, Guaman Poma provides an Inca perspective to colonial life under Spanish rule. The chronicle initially communicates the Incas’ tolerance for Spanish supremacy and adoption of Spanish culture; however, Guaman Poma

The Spaniards made a big impact in the Americas. They killed many Incas,Tainos, and Aztecs. These populations lost many including their emperors. On the Spaniard 's side they had power by killing Atahualpa and Montezuma they could create colonies and take riched back to their country. The Spaniards weren 't the only ones to look for riches in the New World. Portugal conquered big parts of Central and South

Madchen Amick, an American actress, once said, “I do love that witches haven 't really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves”. Throughout history, witches have been portrayed as many different things; old, scary, but do people really know about “witches” and their historical past? Although the fifteenth century was a progressive and prosperous time for many in Europe, tens of thousands of people were killed as a result of witchcraft; associations with the devil, unexplained nature, and evil doings.

The progress of Spanish colonization was shaped by several factors involving war, disease, and religion. The main motivation for colonization during this time period were the “Three G’s” - gold, gaining riches and wealth; glory, success during war; and gospel, spreading religion. Spanish colonization has largely impacted Central and South America’s history and culture, which has made them the continents that they are

(One! Two! Three! Four!) Here comes the Europeans battleships and soldiers navigating towards the Americas! Guns, blood, devastation, and spiritualism… These things are only a few aspects which are defined in the painting of Jose Clemente Orozco. The Mural of Orozco called Modern Migration of Spirit translates the conquest of new lands, the forcing of religious acts, and the death of kinds and nations. It all begins with a mission, a statement, and a strong-will of a beloved leader and country!

Salem was the place, where infamous Witch Trials since 300 hundred years. There were 14 women and 5 men died at Gallows Hill. Witchcraft was (and is) the survival of fragmented pagan belief systems mainly collected from the folklore of Celtic Britain and Ireland. Among the groups labeled witches, most practitioners were women, and women were the primary leaders (The vulnerability of women to witchcraft Accusations- by Christian Day, 1992, n.d).

“‘Round about the cauldron go; in the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone days and nights has thirty-one swelter’d venom sleeping got, boil thou first i’ the charmed pot” (Shakespeare). This is an excerpt quote from Act 4, Scene 1 in the well-known play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare written in 1606. He wrote it about three hags who gave a prophecy to Scottish General Macbeth saying he will become King. This lead to horrible consequences by the fault of witches known with wicked abilities. Witches are evil ones usually depicted as women who have magical powers. An outstanding amount of witch myths lead the world on to understand that they do indeed walk the earth. However, many atheists and doctors believe that sickness and the Christian church