Being Wild: Bewilderment and Colonization Culture Shock, Kinship Networks and Book Burning
AtahualpaEncomiendaCosmopolitan Central/Western Europe ColonyMestizoHistoriography IDEAS
Portuguese & Brazil Spanish desire? Portuguese desire? Tell me about sugar farming Natives or Africans? Gold (mining)Sugar (farming) Brutal, deforestation, labor intensive Africans, primarily
Today African vs. NativesGenderedLas CasasKinshipSpanish/Portugese
New Mexico How many cities?
Bewilderment: Culture
North America Population/Geography Political institutions Spanish governors? Sparse/Rocky/Arid Gendered/Kinship “La Tienda”, Priests
Spain in the North Spanish desire? Conquistadors vs. Priests “Pueblo”?Las CasasContradiction? Gold/Land/SoulsDifferences/SimilaritiesNative’s enclaves/dwellings “tyranny…Spaniards use toward the Indians” “The labor of one African is more valuable than that of four Indians”
Bewilderment: Language
Cost of Conversion ______ PriestsLoss of cultureOrganizationHuman tradeGendered?Kinship Catholic Book burning Forced unity between groups Exchange of women gender to determine events Networks based on family ties