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The presence of Catholicism and Protestantism had a terrible effect on the Native Americans. People who presumably wanted to act according to the will of God only managed to deny several basic rights to the Pueblos.
When Jesus came, the corn mothers went away: marriage, sexuality, and power in New Mexico, 1500-1846 proves the passionate convictions of Gutierrez involving the overall situation that the Pueblos found themselves in along with the Spanish conquest. The Spanish basically dissolved the Pueblo society and replaced it with one that promoted European values. As a result of this event, the Pueblos lost most of their cultural identity, being forced to subject to the absurd laws presented by the Spaniards. Gutierrez does not present his readers with solid information relating to the Spanish interventions in the Pueblo society. The fact that part of the book is based on myths and journals raises problems and minimizes its credibility.
European influence has had a huge impact on the Pueblos, bringing them to the point where women had become victims of discrimination. They were limited and only allowed to perform insignificant activities while the Pueblo men held a much greater amount of power.
While Gutierrez's book brought new concepts relating to the Pueblos and to the effect that marriages have had on their...
The writing brings forward facts which come against the role of women in the Pueblo community and the role of women in general. Apparently, Gutierrez considers that the main job which Pueblo women had consequent to the Spanish conquest had been to bring sexual satisfaction to men.
The information presented by Gutierrez is of great interest, but, if one were to consult the sources used by the author to write certain paragraphs, he or she would discover that most references are not official documents. The claim that Pueblo women simply wanted to engage in sexual intercourse with the Spanish without any form of coercion is definitely divisive, and, it has certainly created dissatisfaction in the Pueblo community today.
All in all, the book is important for the fact that it presents information regarding to the Pueblo society and to the Spanish rule over the Native Americans. In spite that some of the information is controversial and its validity cannot actually be verified, it succeeds in raising a set of questions in the general public.
Works cited:
Gutierrez, Ramon A. (1991). "When Jesus came, the corn mothers went away: marriage, sexuality, and power in New Mexico, 1500-1846." Stanford University Press.
Works cited:
Gutierrez, Ramon A. (1991). "When Jesus came, the corn mothers went away: marriage, sexuality, and power in New Mexico, 1500-1846." Stanford University Press.
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