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Disobedience, slander, seduction, and assault : women and men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862-1900 /
"Though the law and courts of nineteenth-century Peru were institutions created by and for the ruling elite, women of all classes used the system to negotiate the complexities of property rights, childbearing, and marriage, and often to defend their very definitions of honor. Drawing on the tri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin, TX :
University of Texas Press,
©2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;
bk. 8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction: Presenting the Case 1
- 2 Cajamarcan Society under the Magnifying Glass: Regional Society, Economy, and Politics in the Nineteenth Century 21
- 3 Legislating Gender: The Law, Official Gender Norms, and Notions of Honor 40
- 4 Survival Strategies: Negotiating Matrimony 56
- 5 Injurias Verbales y Calumnias: Slander 91
- 6 Rapto, Seduccion, Violacion, and Estupro: Moving beyond the Loss of Honor 115
- 7 Conflict and Cooperation among Women 140
- Appendix A Marital and Literacy Data from Criminal Trials, 1862-1900 189
- Appendix B Data from the National Census Conducted in 1876 191
- Appendix C Cited Trials 203.