the language, government, and ideas of gender and race. Spanish-American society consistently maintained order through hierarchies of race, gender, and class that made up one’s social position. Society was patriarchal, where men had almost full control over women, but the Casta system, or a racial hierarchy based on one’s racial makeup of Spanish, Indigenous, or African, played a large role in determining one’s economic class. Furthermore, although Spanish gender roles and views on motherhood were applied…
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