Sexual (Mis) Encounters in the Mariana Islands: Tracing Sexuality in Spanish Policies and CHamoru Responses to Contact and Colonization, 1521-1769
This doctoral thesis explores the role that sexuality played in the first contacts between the inhabitants of the Mariana Islands (Micronesia, western Pacific) and the Europeans, as well as in the subsequent Spanish colonization of the archipelago. While studies on sexuality and Spanish colonialism...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/674780 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/674780 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Colonialism Sexuality Power Ethnosexuality Mariana Islands Pacific Colonialismo Sexualidad Historia Poder Etnosexualidad Islas Marianas Pacífico 94 |
| Sumario: | This doctoral thesis explores the role that sexuality played in the first contacts between the inhabitants of the Mariana Islands (Micronesia, western Pacific) and the Europeans, as well as in the subsequent Spanish colonization of the archipelago. While studies on sexuality and Spanish colonialism have generally focused on the American continent, and historical analyses on sexuality in the Pacific usually depart from the 18th century, this thesis addresses the inclusion of a Micronesian archipelago in the colonial network of the Spanish empire between the 16th and 18th centuries. Likewise, this research focuses on both sexual encounters and the institutions that regulated them, such as the native guma’ ulitao, the Jesuit seminary, the Catholic sacrament of marriage or the Inquisition. Through a critical and exhaustive analysis of historical documentation, this work examines the most public, strategic and conflictive dimension of sexuality in colonial situations. In doing so, it shows that sexual encounters, far from being alien to colonialism, constitute essential structures of colonization. |
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