CCC Casta Paintings Racial Hierarchy Colonial Control Reflection

Write 1 paragraph for each question (4 -6 sentences / 250 + word count). Use parenthetical citations when referencing the lecture PPT, for example use (Mod 7) for Module 7 lecture and reference the name of the reading articles and the title of the video clips when citing those resources.

What did you find most interesting/thought-provoking/upsetting?

How does this module connect to current events/issues?

How does this module connect to you? (this is not a literal question and even if you think it does not, it does, this is where your critical thinking cap comes in. Think of gender roles, race, class, job specialization, trade as in shopping, consumerism, and technology)

Content Check

Write 1 paragraph for the question (4 -6 sentences / 250 + word count). Use parenthetical citations when referencing the lecture PPT, for example use (Mod 7) for Module 7 lecture and reference the name of the reading articles and the title of the video clips when citing those resources.

Explain the Sistema de Castas (Casta Paintings) and their function in Colonial Spanish Mexico? Use at least two examples from the course content to help answer the question.

Module 7 Videos

Watch the following video clip on the role of women conquistadors and their participation in the colonization of the Americas.

The following clip looks at the life and accomplishments of Sor Juana Ines. It also shows the social classes in colonial Spanish Mexico.

The following clip goes over the sistema de casta, the racial cast system incorporated into Colonial Spanish society. It also looks at the lesser discussed history of African culture in colonial Spanish America.

Pay close attention from 14:00 – 16:27, which goes over the sistema de castas or casta paintings. The entire video is not required and can end at 16:36.

Module 7 Reading

The following reading will come from the online textbook American YawpLinks to an external site..

Only read Chapter 2 Colliding Cultures, sec 2 Spanish AmericaLinks to an external site..

As you read, reflect on the following in Ch. 2, sec 2, how was the interactions between the Spanish and various indigenous groups they came across in North America? What function did the mission system serve for the Spanish in North America?

Articles

The following article looks at the freed Black city of Yanga.

Guided questions to help with the reading:

What were the conditions like for both enslaved and freed Blacks in Colonial Spain?

How were the Yanguicos able to survive under the shadow of the Spanish Crown?

What is the legacy of the city of Yanga in Mexico today?

JSTOR Daily: Mexico’s First Liberated City Commemorates Its Founding (JSTOR Yanga)Links to an external site.

This following article looks at the conflict between the Spanish and Native Americans in North America, specially with indigenous practices of polygamy (more than one spouse) and the resistance by the Pueblo led by Po’pay, a Pueblo religious leader who lead a revolt against Spanish colonialism.

Guided questions to help with the reading:

What were the Spaniards view towards Native American polygamy?

How did Native Americans, like Po’pay, respond to Spanish colonialism?

JSTOR Daily: Polygamy, Native Societies, and Spanish Colonists (JSTOR Polygamy)Links to an external site.

This last article looks at the Casta paintings and how the Spanish tried (and failed) to establish a legal racial code in Colonial Spanish America.

Guided questions to help with the reading:

JSTOR Daily: The Paintings That Tried (and Failed) to Codify Race (JSTOR Paintings)Links to an external site.

What was the function for the Casta paintings?