Abstract

SPINOSO ARCOCHA, Rosa María. Indian and black population in colonial documents: gender and interethnic relationships. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.170, pp.29-49.  Epub Apr 21, 2023. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v43i170.918.

The objective of this article is to make a historical approach from a gender perspective to the interethnic relationships between Indians and the African population from the Mexican Colony. This investigation is based on Cultural History’s theoretical postulates and on Dr. Patrick Carroll’s propositions, who as well as other specialists named here, has dedicated his research to African American topics. According to Carroll (1995), the hegemonic terms used in the Colony to identify the Indians and Africa’s population were inoperative but also weren’t unique: each group had its ways to identify themselves and others. This was reflected in their relationship whit one another, their exogamy and inbreeding ratings, and their gender and resilience strategies with which they faced everyday life. This is what is intended to be shown in the four cases analyzed from the documentary collection of the Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), which were selected for having the most representative characteristics of those statements.

Keywords : Indians; blacks; interethnic relations; Colony; gender.