Scenes of female and male labor from the Codex Mendoza, fol. 60r. Bodleian Library MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. Image: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Photo: © Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Terms of use: CC BY-NC 4.0. For the original source of the content, go to https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00486220/surfaces/7eb930bb-2ae8-4ff1-bad3-b570140b568c/ (the image here was cropped to the bottom portion of the folio).
Gendered Frontiers: Labor, Law, and Intimacy in the Making of Colonial and Postcolonial Latin America
Curated by Rebeca Martínez-Tibbles Thematic Collections are assortments of past and recently released articles in HAHR about key issues, events, individuals, or historiographical trends. These collections can be used as gateways into a specific historical subject, demonstrations of methodology, or sources for classroom discussion. “Gendered Frontiers” explores how gender and sexuality intersected with imperial, legal, and economic systems across Latin America from the colonial era through the postcolonial period. The collection highlights how women and men negotiated structures of power …
