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The Faces of Honor

Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America

By: Lyman L. Johnson,Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

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The Faces of Honor

Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America

By: Lyman L. Johnson,Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

A contemporary of Columbus noted "those crazy Spaniards have more regard for a bit of honor than for a thousand lives." This obsession flourished in the New World, where status, privilege, and rank became cornerstones of the colonial social order. Honor had many faces. To a freed black woman in Brazil it proscribed spousal abuse and permitted her to petition the Church for permission to leave her husband. To a high church official charged with sodomy in Alto Peru, honor signified the privileges and legal exceptions available to those of his background and social position. These nine original essays assess the role and importance men and women of all races and social classes accorded honor throughout colonial Latin America. "The best work on honor in Latin America and an invaluable and insightful volume. A must for both scholars and classroom use."--Professor Susan M. Socolow, Emory University

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0826353452

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The Origins of Macho

Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico

By: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

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The Origins of Macho

Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico

By: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo—defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence. While scholars studying men’s gender identities in the colonial period have used Inquisition documents to explore their subject, these documents are inherently limiting given that the men described in them were considered to be criminals or otherwise marginal. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century resources, too, provide a limited perspective on machismo in the colonial period. The Origins of Macho addresses this deficiency by basing its study of colonial Mexican masculinity on the experiences of mainstream men. Lipsett-Rivera traces the genesis of the Mexican macho by looking at daily interactions between Mexican men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In doing so she establishes an important foundation for gender studies in Mexico and Latin America and makes a significant contribution to the larger field of masculinity studies.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826360416

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9780826360410

Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

By: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

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Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

By: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

History is not just about great personalities, wars, and revolutions; it is also about the subtle aspects of more ordinary matters. On a day-to-day basis the aspects of life that most preoccupied people in late eighteenth- through mid nineteenth-century Mexico were not the political machinations of generals or politicians but whether they themselves could make a living, whether others accorded them the respect they deserved, whether they were safe from an abusive husband, whether their wives and children would obey them—in short, the minutiae of daily life. Sonya Lipsett-Rivera’s Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750–1856 explores the relationships between Mexicans, their environment, and one another, as well as their negotiation of the cultural values of everyday life. By examining the value systems that governed Mexican thinking of the period, Lipsett-Rivera examines the ephemeral daily experiences and interactions of the people and illuminates how gender and honor systems governed these quotidian negotiations. Bodies and the built environment were inscribed with cultural values, and the relationship of Mexicans to and between space and bodies determined the way ordinary people acted out their culture.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803240333

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9780803240339

Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

By: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

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Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

By: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

History is not just about great personalities, wars, and revolutions; it is also about the subtle aspects of more ordinary matters. On a day-to-day basis the aspects of life that most preoccupied people in late eighteenth- through mid nineteenth-century Mexico were not the political machinations of generals or politicians but whether they themselves could make a living, whether others accorded them the respect they deserved, whether they were safe from an abusive husband, whether their wives and children would obey them?in short, the minutiae of daily life. Sonya Lipsett-Rivera?s Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750?1856 explores the relationships between Mexicans, their environment, and one another, as well as their negotiation of the cultural values of everyday life. By examining the value systems that governed Mexican thinking of the period, Lipsett-Rivera examines the ephemeral daily experiences and interactions of the people and illuminates how gender and honor systems governed these quotidian negotiations. Bodies and the built environment were inscribed with cultural values, and the relationship of Mexicans to and between space and bodies determined the way ordinary people acted out their culture.

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Book's by Sonya Lipsett-Rivera

The Faces of Honor

The Faces of Honor

The Origins of Macho

The Origins of Macho

Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

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