Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada
The aim of this work is to delve into the history of Mexico’s colonial silk industry and of its workers in order to demonstrate, from a microsocial analysis, the existence of long-standing gender-exclusion processes and of integration mechanisms, displayed in the framework of institutional moderniza...
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| description | The aim of this work is to delve into the history of Mexico’s colonial silk industry and of its workers in order to demonstrate, from a microsocial analysis, the existence of long-standing gender-exclusion processes and of integration mechanisms, displayed in the framework of institutional modernization, that were implied by the Bourbon Reforms on both sides of the Atlantic. To this end, an analysis of the bibliography on the subject has been made. The viceroyalty policies created to revive the industry have been briefly reconstructed and it has been possible, within this contextualization, to understand the circumstances in which the process was carried out. Multiple sources from the General Archives of the Nation of Mexico have been used to look into an episode of the social history of New Spain. In the course of the research, it has been found that women in the silk industry were not limited to spinning mills, and that they could have greater aspirations. Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada’s opposition to the silk spinning guild of Mexico City in 1795, and her triumph in the dispute, showed a circumvention of the restrictions imposed within the silk industry to a particular sex and the implementation of resistance mechanisms that were institutionally —by the Bourbon legislation— and socially —by her family— constructed. It was a paradigmatic case that served to modify, in 1806, all the guild ordinances of the time and it is, at the same time, one of many examples that must be traced in the archives in order to rethink the role of women in the colonial industry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08fb1c3ce420440abf5dfd653a0bf9932022-12-22T02:55:16ZengUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, sede MedellínHistoria y Sociedad0121-84172357-47202018-07-013519922010.15446/hys.n35.70752Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez EstradaRebeca Vanesa García Corzo0Universidad de Guadalajara The aim of this work is to delve into the history of Mexico’s colonial silk industry and of its workers in order to demonstrate, from a microsocial analysis, the existence of long-standing gender-exclusion processes and of integration mechanisms, displayed in the framework of institutional modernization, that were implied by the Bourbon Reforms on both sides of the Atlantic. To this end, an analysis of the bibliography on the subject has been made. The viceroyalty policies created to revive the industry have been briefly reconstructed and it has been possible, within this contextualization, to understand the circumstances in which the process was carried out. Multiple sources from the General Archives of the Nation of Mexico have been used to look into an episode of the social history of New Spain. In the course of the research, it has been found that women in the silk industry were not limited to spinning mills, and that they could have greater aspirations. Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada’s opposition to the silk spinning guild of Mexico City in 1795, and her triumph in the dispute, showed a circumvention of the restrictions imposed within the silk industry to a particular sex and the implementation of resistance mechanisms that were institutionally —by the Bourbon legislation— and socially —by her family— constructed. It was a paradigmatic case that served to modify, in 1806, all the guild ordinances of the time and it is, at the same time, one of many examples that must be traced in the archives in order to rethink the role of women in the colonial industry.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/70752silktextile industry; women; legal procedure; colonial countries; Mexicotextile industrytextilessilk industrywomenlegal procedurecolonial countriesMexicoMexican historyNueva EspañaGender StudiesEarly Modern HistoryWomen's Historygender historyLatin American HistoryHistory of Colonial MexicoLegal ProcessesTextiles (Art History)Textile TechnologyColonial Latin American HistoryWomen and Gender StudiesArts and CraftsNew SpainColonial Latin American Art- Mexico and PeruHistory of WomenLatin American Colonial Historysedaindustria de la sedaMexican Cultural HistoryWomen in the labor marketartesanosartisansTextile and Apparel IndustryWomen's Labor HistoryMaría Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| spellingShingle | Rebeca Vanesa García Corzo Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada Historia y Sociedad silk textile industry; women; legal procedure; colonial countries; Mexico textile industry textiles silk industry women legal procedure colonial countries Mexico Mexican history Nueva España Gender Studies Early Modern History Women's History gender history Latin American History History of Colonial Mexico Legal Processes Textiles (Art History) Textile Technology Colonial Latin American History Women and Gender Studies Arts and Crafts New Spain Colonial Latin American Art- Mexico and Peru History of Women Latin American Colonial History seda industria de la seda Mexican Cultural History Women in the labor market artesanos artisans Textile and Apparel Industry Women's Labor History María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| title | Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| title_full | Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| title_fullStr | Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| title_short | Silk Industry and Women’s Labor at the End of the 18th Century in New Spain: María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
| title_sort | silk industry and women s labor at the end of the 18th century in new spain maria gertrudis gutierrez estrada |
| topic | silk textile industry; women; legal procedure; colonial countries; Mexico textile industry textiles silk industry women legal procedure colonial countries Mexico Mexican history Nueva España Gender Studies Early Modern History Women's History gender history Latin American History History of Colonial Mexico Legal Processes Textiles (Art History) Textile Technology Colonial Latin American History Women and Gender Studies Arts and Crafts New Spain Colonial Latin American Art- Mexico and Peru History of Women Latin American Colonial History seda industria de la seda Mexican Cultural History Women in the labor market artesanos artisans Textile and Apparel Industry Women's Labor History María Gertrudis Gutiérrez Estrada |
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