"A Great Bundle, a Large Packframe": Carrying Burdens to Create Nahua Communities in Colonial Mexico

IF 0.4 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1353/ecs.2023.0005

Lisa Sousa

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Abstract

Abstract:This article examines the importance of the Nahua concept of tequitl, a term that meant work, duty, task, office, and obligation, as an expression of indigeneity and community solidarity in colonial Mexico. Nahuas used collaborative labor arrangements within marriages and across households to establish and sustain social bonds. To work on behalf of others was an act of love, respect, and concern, and between couples, of intimacy. Nahuas often conceived of tequitl, whether office holding, tribute labor, or gendered work, as "a great bundle, a large packframe" that a person must carry to fulfill their obligations to others in their community.

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摘要：本文考察了tequitl的Nahua概念的重要性，tequitl是一个术语，意思是工作、职责、任务、职位和义务，是殖民地墨西哥土著和社区团结的表达。Nahuas利用婚姻内部和家庭之间的合作劳动安排来建立和维持社会纽带。代表他人工作是一种爱、尊重和关心的行为，也是夫妻之间的亲密行为。Nahuas经常认为tequitl，无论是担任公职、贡工还是性别工作，都是一个人为了履行对社区中其他人的义务而必须携带的“一个大包裹、一个大包装”。

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