Entre lechos, alianzas y alta política: las mujeres como botín de guerra durante el reinado de Zimri-Lim de Mari
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2008-12
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios Sobre Diversidad Cultural.
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Este artículo se inicia con una problemática de nuestro propio presente histórico que moviliza el análisis. Se centra en una práctica consuetudinaria ligada a la guerra, que tuvo una importancia considerable tanto en la Antigüedad como en el presente: las mujeres como botín de guerra.
La indagación sobre las relaciones de género y poder en el Antiguo Reino de Mari nos introduce en un universo acotado: el de la correspondencia femenina durante el reinado de Zimrî-Lîm (1780-1758 a.C.).i El particular botín de guerra mencionado posee un lugar destacado dentro de la agenda política y se encuentra muy ligado a los movimientos de grupos de mujeres de los vencidos, a la fuerza de trabajo y a roles de género dentro de aquella sociedad.
En este contexto móvil, escenario de alianzas y profundamente modificado por las interrelaciones sociales se debe introducir la problemática de las fuentes textuales y de un género en especial la correspondencia epistolar que, es una de las pocas capaces de hacernos vislumbrar el espacio complejo donde circulaban hombres, mujeres, niños y bienes junto con mensajes que disponían e intervenían muchas veces en las vidas de todos ellos.
This article begins with a problematic of our own hitorical present that moves to analysis. It is centered in a customary practice related to the war, which has substantial importance in the ancient times as well as in the present: women as booty of war. The investigation of gender relationship and power in the Ancient Kingdom of Mari introduce us into an specific universe: The feminine correspondence during reign of Zimrî-Lîm (1780-1758 B. C.). The booty of war mencioned before, has an outstanding place within the political agenda and it is bound to the movements of the defeated's women, to the work force and the role of gender within that society. In the movable background, stage of alliances and deeply modified by the social interrelations, is due to introduce the problematic of the textual sources and specially the epistolar correspondence that is capable to make us see the complex space where men, women, children and goods circulated along with messages that often stipulated and took part in their lives.
This article begins with a problematic of our own hitorical present that moves to analysis. It is centered in a customary practice related to the war, which has substantial importance in the ancient times as well as in the present: women as booty of war. The investigation of gender relationship and power in the Ancient Kingdom of Mari introduce us into an specific universe: The feminine correspondence during reign of Zimrî-Lîm (1780-1758 B. C.). The booty of war mencioned before, has an outstanding place within the political agenda and it is bound to the movements of the defeated's women, to the work force and the role of gender within that society. In the movable background, stage of alliances and deeply modified by the social interrelations, is due to introduce the problematic of the textual sources and specially the epistolar correspondence that is capable to make us see the complex space where men, women, children and goods circulated along with messages that often stipulated and took part in their lives.
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Mujeres, Botín de Guerra, Relaciones de Género, Women, Booty of war, Gender relations