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Honor and violence in Golden Age Spain /
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Early modern Spain has long been viewed as having a culture obsessed with honor, where a man resorted to violence when his or his wife8217;s honor was threatened, especially through sexual disgrace. This book8212;the first to closely examine honor and i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Early modern Spain has long been viewed as having a culture obsessed with honor, where a man resorted to violence when his or his wife8217;s honor was threatened, especially through sexual disgrace. This book8212;the first to closely examine honor and interpersonal violence in the era8212;overturns this idea, arguing that the way Spanish men and women actually behaved was very different from the behavior depicted in dueling manuals, law books, and 8220;honor plays8221; of the period. <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">€ <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Drawing on criminal and other records to assess the character of violence among non-elite Spaniards, historian Scott K. Taylor finds that appealing to honor was a rhetorical strategy, and that insults, gestures, and violence were all part of a varied repertoire that allowed both men and women to decide how to dispute issues of truth and reputation. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300151695 0300151691 1282437518 9781282437517 9786612437519 6612437510 |