Cleansing Honor with Blood : Masculinity, Violence, and Power in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1845-1889 /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

This book offers a critical reinterpretation of male violence, patriarchy, and machismo in rural Latin America. It focuses on the lives of lower-class men and women, known as sertanejo/as, in the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceará between 1845 and 1889. Challenging the widel...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Santos, Martha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Honor > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Honor > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
Machismo > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Machismo > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Masculinity > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
Men > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Men > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Power (Social sciences) > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
Sex role > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Sex role > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
Violence > History > 19th century > Brazil > Ceará (State).
Violence > Brazil > Ceará (State) > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Weights, Measures, Brazilian Currency, and Orthography
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Brief Moment of Prosperity: Land, Opportunity, and Autonomy, 1845-70
  • 2. Unruly Soldiers and Honorable Providers: Paradoxes of Masculinity and State Formation in the Backlands, 1840s-89
  • 3. Poor but Respectable: Community, Family, and the Gendered Negotiation of Daily Life, 1845-89
  • 4. A Changing World: Deprivation, Dislocation, and the Disruption of Honorable Masculinity, 1865-89
  • 5. Masculinity Challenged and Affirmed: Autonomous Women, Men, and Violent Patriarchy, 1865-89
  • 6. Of Courage and Manhood: Masculine Spaces, Violence, and Honor, 1865-89
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Ejemplares similares