Translating Native Consent in the Spanish Empire: Maya Words and Agency in Sixteenth-Century Yucatan

Building on two case studies, the article explores how the Maya caciques understood the concept of consent and made use of it in concrete political negotiations with the Spanish crown in sixteenth-century Yucatan, New Spain. It highlights that the analysis of translation practices is pivotal to unra...

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Main Author:	Cunill, Caroline
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2024
Subjects:	consent indigenous people political communication legal translation Maya Yucatec language consentimento povos indígenas comunicação política tradução jurídica língua Maya Yucatec
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4000/lerhistoria.13029 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/w2rk https://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/13029
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