Week 1 Reading (Todorov "The Conquest of America") Flashcards
Who did Marco Polo wanna convert?
The Khans (to Christianity)
What was Columbus’ motivation on the 1st trip – and then for the 2nd? (2)
- salvation 2. trade
What Indigenous group did he first come across in the Caribbean?
Arawak
Columbus thought that their nudity was fantastic and partook in it with them.
No, he compared it to spiritual lacking, poverty.
The problem was that Columbus “othered” the Indigenous peoples.
Not really. It was that he didn’t “other” them enough to give them room to breathe.
“Othering” is bad.
The wrong kind of “othering” is bad.
Seeing everyone as your “equals” is good.
No. It means you hold them to standards that are foreign to them.
What 2 conflicting perspectives did Good Old Columbus express when he raped an Indigenous woman?
the “bestial” and then made into a tame “whore” … (yap. take those statues down people).
How many Indigenous peoples did Our Man Columbus dump overboard because they were sick?
Around 200.
