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a 6 page research paper which examines the role of women in colonial Latin America. The colonial world of Latin America was intrinsically different from that of North America and this difference had a tremendous impact on the women of Latin America at that time. Although North America was rich in natural resources, the natives of North America did not have the gold of the Incas or the Aztecs. Consequently, the Europeans that came to North America's shores came to colonize-they brought women with them. Those early Europeans, specifically the Spanish, that came to Latin America did so solely for the purposes of exploitation, not for colonization. Because of this, the Spanish conquerors typically did not bring women with them from Europe. The writer argues that the native women in colonial Latin America were viewed by Europeans as simply one more resources that they could exploit. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the Incas or the Aztecs. Consequently, the Europeans that came to North Americas shores came to colonize-they brought women with them. Those early Europeans, specifically the Spanish, that came to
Latin America did so solely for the purposes of exploitation, not for colonization. Because of this, the Spanish conquerors typically did not bring women with them from Europe.
"Spanish explorers and conquerors, arriving with that exploiter mentality of get-rich-quick and return home rich, came without their women" (Bannon 39). The opportunities of the New World quickly changed the
thinking of many of these men who subsequently decided to stay in Latin America. To put it rather bluntly, many of these men viewed the native women of Central and
South America as just one more resource to be exploited. Therefore, the history of Latin American women during the colonial period is quite similar to that of African women held
in slavery in North America. It is a tale that is dominated by the power that European men were able to establish over their lives. This is evident from
the very beginning of the Spanish conquest, and the role that a native woman, Malinche, played in this drama. Malinche has long seen as a traitor to her own people
because of her cooperation with the Spanish, acting as an interpreter for Cortez (Gish PG). Hurtado has pointed out that because of this, many male writers have saddled all Latin
American women with Mexicos initial betrayal (134). Cortez treatment of Malinche was to prove all too typical for the women of Latin America. He kept her as his mistress
for as long as she pleased him, but did not marry her because as Emma Perez points out, Cortez did not feel that she was worthy of such consideration-she was
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