Levins Morales
This Puerto Rican–Jewish historian emphasizes that history should be used as a tool for healing, not just storytelling.
Who is Aurora Levins Morales?
"land, income, occupation, home, neighborhood, prestige, and esteem; also includes factors from other sectors of the social system"
What is class?
The term that describes Middle America.
What is "Mesoamerica"?
The name of indigenous people in present day Mexico City.
The conquistador who arrived at tenochtitlan.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
Levins Morales argues that this traditional healing role involves not just physical remedies but also cultural memory and community care.
What is a curandera?
"Language, religion, philosophy, values, beliefs, customs, and general worldview of the people"
What is culture?
The period in the mesoamerican timeline where the Olmec dominated.
What is the Pre-classic period?
The Mexica word for neighborhood.
The Mexica emperor who encounter the Spanish conquistadores for the first time.
Who is Moctezuma?
The name of the 15 principles to "cure" history.
What are the Principles of Curandera History?
"emphasis, or lack of it, on physiognomic or racial traits in the social system in terms of racial ideology, prejudice, discrimination, segregation."
What is color?
Name given to the "rubber people"
a powerful political and military coalition between the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan
What is The Triple Alliance?
The year Hernan Cortez arrived at Tenochtitlan
What is 1519?
Levins Morales describes this approach to history as one that “diagnoses” and “treats” social wounds, much like a healer would.
What is curandera history?
"all abrupt and preliminary transformations that take place after contact and conflict and before a new class-culture-color system is firmly rooted."
The vegetable that was domesticated and gave rise to complicated societies.
The name of the Mexica city at the center of the empire.
What is tenochtitlan?
The blending of religious beliefs to form a new one.
What is religious syncretism?
In her framework, reclaiming these suppressed stories is essential for restoring dignity and collective well-being.
What are marginalized or silenced histories?
"a multiple experience, including military confrontation and resistance and rebellion efforts, as well as host of religious, social cultural, and psychological ramifications"
What is conflict?
The year that the Mesoamerican timeline ends.
What is 1521?
The direct ancestors of the Mexica people.
Who are the Chichimecas?
The tribal group that provided thousands of warriors to fight against the Mexica Empire.
Who are the The Tlaxcalans (or Tlaxcaltecs) ?