HIST 291: Indigenous Women: Gender, Ethnicity and Feminism in Latin America (HC)

                   Juan Rodríguez Juárez, The Castas: Mestizo and Indian Produce Coyote, ca 1715, Mexican, Hispanic Society Museum                                   (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)  See information about this painting and the castas tradition of representing families through racializing castes which are identified directly on the canvases.

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       women AND (indigenous OR indians) AND "latin america" AND history  [Keyword search]           Broad search using keywords and few synonyms

       ("latin america*" OR "central america" OR mexic* OR guatemala* OR hondura*) [Subjects] AND ("indian women" OR "indigenous women") [Keyword]         Sorted by newest titles first.   More focused search with subjects for the region and phrases uniting the concepts of indigeneity and women

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       ("oral histor*" OR reportage OR testimonio*) [Keywords] AND ("latin america*") [Subject]      

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