Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part I Women in Ancient America: The Indigenous World
- 1 Reconstituting the Archive
- 2 Mulieres Litterarum
- 3 The Establishment ofFeminine Paradigms
- 4 Women “Cronistas” in Colonial Latin America
- 5 Mulier Doctaand Literary Fame
- Part II Women Writers in Creole Societies: Nation Building Projects
- Part III Women Writers In-Between: Socialist, Modern, Developmentalists, and Liberal Democratic Ideals
- Part IV Women Writers in a One–World Global System: Neoliberalism, Sexuality, Subjectivity
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
2 - Mulieres Litterarum
Oral, Visual, and Written Narratives of Indigenous Elite Women
from Part I - Women in Ancient America: The Indigenous World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part I Women in Ancient America: The Indigenous World
- 1 Reconstituting the Archive
- 2 Mulieres Litterarum
- 3 The Establishment ofFeminine Paradigms
- 4 Women “Cronistas” in Colonial Latin America
- 5 Mulier Doctaand Literary Fame
- Part II Women Writers in Creole Societies: Nation Building Projects
- Part III Women Writers In-Between: Socialist, Modern, Developmentalists, and Liberal Democratic Ideals
- Part IV Women Writers in a One–World Global System: Neoliberalism, Sexuality, Subjectivity
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses examples of the textual production of women such as Dona Ines and Dona Maria Joaquina to showcase the relationship established between women of the Inca elite and the lettered culture of their time. It focuses on the production of legal documents in which they were actively involved. The chapter provides examples of native women in colonial Peru who presented themselves as legitimate members of Inca nobility and established a close relationship with the lettered culture of their time. The legal writings by women of the native elites of Latin America constitute examples of female subjectivity that manifest themselves as "arts of the contact zone" and "autoethnographic texts". Women's relation to the written word in colonial Spanish America started at a crossroads of rhetorical practices and textual devices that included the knowledge and transmission of oral traditions, visual narratives, tangible systems of record keeping, and the incorporation of the alphabetic script.
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