The Chalcan Woman’s Song: Sex as a Political Metaphor in Fifteenth-Century Mexico

• Kay A. Read ^[1] ; Jane Rosenthal
  1. [1] DePaul University

     DePaul University

     City of Chicago, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Americas: A quarterly review of inter-american cultural history, ISSN 0003-1615, Vol. 62, Nº. 3, 2006, págs. 313-348
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1479 (the year 13-Reed), some men from the towns of Chalco-Amaquemecan and Tlamanalco went for the first time to sing in Mexico-Tenochtitlan: the Mexica (Aztecs) held hegemony in the area, including Chalco. The song they sang was a war song called the “Song of the Woman Warrior.” They played it for the tlatoani, or ruler, Lord Axayacatl (ca 1469-1481), performing it in the patio outside his house of women. Unfortunately, the performance got off to a rather slow start. A man from the area of Tlamanalco in Chalco, one who had never played the drums before or directed a song, made a very bad showing.