Colonization: Transculturation and Race

Latin American StudiesNovember 3, 2010

Do Now:Story of Malinche

Watch the movie and write down 5 important facts about Malinche

Homework ReviewUsing active reading notes, answer the

following questions:

What is transculturation?

What’s an example of it in our culture?

TransculturationEncounter between cultures

Cultural exchange and fusion

What are the “sites” of transculturation in Latin America?

Three cultures in contactSpanish

Indigenous

Africans

Slave Trade in the AmericasSlavery became main source of workers in

1600s

Human cargo coming from Western Africa—Portuguese controlled

New Caste SystemDeveloped racial breakdown that determined

spot in social hierarchy

Determined at birth by baptismal priest

Could not change castes!

Caste Painting1. Español con India, Mestizo2. Mestizo con Española, Castizo3. Castiza con Español, Española4. Español con Negra, Mulato5. Mulato con Española, Morisca6. Morisco con Española, Chino7. Chino con India, Salta atrás8. Salta atras con Mulata, Lobo9. Lobo con China, Gíbaro (Jíbaro)10. Gíbaro con Mulata, Albarazado11. Albarazado con Negra, Cambujo12. Cambujo con India, Sambiaga

(Zambiaga)13. Sambiago con Loba, Calpamulato14. Calpamulto con Cambuja, Tente en el aire15. Tente en el aire con Mulata,

No te entiendo16. No te entiendo con India,

Torna atrás

ReligionThe “spiritual conquest of America”

Early establishment of churches in order to convert the “heathens”

Missionaries into fringes of colonization

Inquisition in late 1500s

Fringes of ColonizationUrban vs. rural—how were they treated

differently?

Urban areas and mining/sugar areas = core of colony

Rural areas and farming areas = fringes

Characteristics of Core vs. FringeCORE FRINGE

HomeworkRead pp. 86-89

Next class meeting will be in the library!