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Genealogical Fictions : Limpieza de Sangre, Religion, and Gender in Colonial Mexico /

María Elena Martínez's Genealogical Fictions is the first in-depth study of the relationship between the Spanish concept of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) and colonial Mexico's sistema de castas, a hierarchical system of social classification based primarily on ancestry. Specifically...

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Autor principal: Martínez, María Elena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Maps and Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Iberian Precedents
  • Part Two: Religion, Genealogy, and Caste in Early Colonial Mexico
  • Part Three: Purity, Race, and Creolism in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century New Spain
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Questionnaire Used by the Spanish Inquisition
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index