Gender and ‘Earthly Names’ Among the Rural Nahua at contact
“Ordinary women…we don’t even know their names.” The Nahua Naming Ceremony
Naming Ceremony (Florentine Codex)
The Midwife Bathes the Newborn Babe
Earthly Names Ceremony differs for boys and girls
And as she washed it all over, its hands, its feet, she gave a talk to all...
The naming ceremony began at sunrise … and concluded with a banquet
Debate: Condition of Nahua Women
From Classic Texts: Few Female Names
Source: The Book of Tributes by S.L. Cline (INAH, v. 549)
Museo de Antropología, Mexico City: “Here is the home of one...named…Cuilol”.
A census recorded in glyphs (Santa Maria Asuncion, Harvey)
Cline on Libros and Names
4 most common names for each sex. What are the differences?
Common names 6th-10th most frequent by sex
Frequency of Common Female Names
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Names in a Tlatoani Family
Female names by marital status
Male names by marital condition
Conclusions: Earthly Names of Ordinary People
Nahua Gender Relations: assymetry, hierarchy, oppression
End
Demography, percents and averages:
“Just a Little Old Man”
“Just a Little Old Woman”
Email: rmccaa@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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