De las mals mujeres... ¿hermafroditas en Mesoamérica?

Hombres en peligro. Género, nación e imperio en la España de cambio de siglo. (XIX-XX). Ed. Mauricio Zabalgoitia Herera. Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana, 2017., 2017

Renaissance Quarterly 68.1 (2015): 320-322, 2015

The Cambridge World History of Sexualities, Volume 3. Sites of Knowledge and Practice, 2024

The chapter “Sexuality in Tenochtitlan in the Early Sixteenth Century” of Miriam López Hernández first looks at the primary sources available for the study of sexuality in Tenochtitlan. In these sources were included paintings, sculptures, buildings, prayer books, legal codes, letters, chronicles, and judicial documents. Among all the sources of information, the work directed by the Franciscan Fray Bernardino de Sahagún is noted as the most prominent. It then addresses Nahua principles of sexuality, which were linked to fertility, pleasure, and moderation in sexual activities. When the principle of moderation was not followed, the consequences could be fatal for the community. The chapter then examines differences between social classes in regard to how people should conduct their sexual lives. It looks at different sexual practices, paying particular attention to attitudes toward these in moral discourses and texts written shortly after the Spanish conquest. In particular, it provides abundant information about adultery, prostitution, gender identity, and same-sex relations. Finally, discourses aimed at women exalted the value placed on virginity before marriage and fidelity to one’s spouse afterwards. By contrast, discourses addressed to men acclaimed the early self-discipline that would be rewarded with a successful marriage and beautiful children.

2017

espanolCon el presente trabajo queremos constatar que la mujer a lo largo de los siglos ha sido objeto de violencia sexual por parte del varon, no siendo por tanto la “violencia de genero” una realidad surgida en nuestros dias. Las conductas cometidas por el hombre contra las mujeres en dicho ambito durante la Modernidad se circunscribian en el mundo penal, concretamente en los capitulos de los “Delitos contra el matrimonio, contrala moral sexual dominante y la violencia”. Tales actos competian a los autos judiciales y de ellos nos han llegado un amplio elenco, especificamente, de dos pueblos de la campina cordobesa: Cabra y Rute, depositados hoy en dia en el Archivo Historico Provincial de Cordoba, adscritos a la Edad Moderna, y de los cuales analizaremos varios ejemplos. EnglishWith this work we want to confirm that women have been subjected to sexual violence by men over the centuries, and gender violence is not a reality that has arisen in our days. The behaviors committed by me...

History Compass, 2009

Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 24.2, 2023