VIS 127B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Inca Empire, Quipu, Andean Community
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Clicker qs: inca empire was geographically larger than aztec and maya, pre-conquest andean and aztec societies viewed men"s and women"s roles as parallel and complementary in all spheres of life. How did its rulers create connectivity across so much of south america: conceptual work: gender as a category of historical analysis. De ning gender as a category of historical analysis: gender=socially, historically created meaning of bodily difference, bodies=distinct set of genitalia and reproduction capacities, physiological. But think about what people think about those bodies (cultural). Social meaning attached to bodies: gender=the social meaning attached to these bodies; cultural assumptions about how humans with these bodies are supposed to act, behave and live. 3 important aspects of gender: social meaning of bodily difference, created by humans, subject to historical change, gender involves multiple notions of femininity and masculinity. Difference in power: power is always about politics. Inca hierarchies: king >priests, noblemen, prominent warriors >merchants, royal bureaucrats .
