Cacicas: The Indigenous Women Leaders Of Spanish America, 1492-1825

The term cacica was a Spanish linguistic invention, a female counterpart to caciques. But the term's meaning was adapted natives, creating a new social stratum where it previously may not have existed. This book explores that transformation, a conscious construction and reshaping of identity from within.

• | Edited By: Margarita R. Ochoa
• | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 11, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0806168625
• | ISBN-13: 9780806168623