The underground world of secret Jews and Africans : two tales of sex, magic, and survival in colonial Cartagena and Mexico City / by Jonathan Schorsch.
Jonathan Schorsch 1963- author
ספר"This study of sexuality in seventeenth-century Latin America takes the reader beneath the surface of daily life in a colonial city. Cartagena was an important Spanish port and the site of an Inquisition high court, a slave market, a leper colony, a military base, and a prison colony--colonial institutions that imposed order by enforcing Catholicism, cultural and religious boundaries, and prevailing race and gender hierarchies. The city was also simmering with illegal activity, from contraband trade to prostitution to heretical religious practices. Nicole von Germeten's research uncovers scandalous stories drawn from archival research in Inquisition cases, criminal records, wills, and other legal documents. The stories focus largely on sexual agency and honor: an insult directed at a married woman causes a deadly street battle; a young doña uses sex to manipulate a lustful, corrupt inquisitor. Scandals like these illustrate the central thesis of this book: women in colonial Cartagena de Indias took control of their own sex lives and used sex and rhetoric connected to sexuality to plead their cases when they had to negotiate with colonial bureaucrats"-- Provided by publisher.
כותר |
Violent delights, violent ends : sex, race, & honor in colonial Cartagena de Indias / Nicole von Germeten. |
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כותרים נוספים |
Violent delights, violent ends : sex, race, and honor in colonial Cartagena de Indias |
מוציא לאור |
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press |
שנה |
2013 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
""Front Cover"" ""Title Page"" ""Copyright"" ""Contents"" ""Acknowledgments"" ""Introduction"" ""1: Debatable Virginity: Doa Maria de Montemayor"" ""2: Love Magic and a Married Woman: Doa Lorenzana de Acereto"" ""3: Violence, Sex, and Honor"" ""4: Irish Honor on the Spanish Main: Captain Cornelio Cornelius"" ""5: Marriage, Sex, Love, and Politics"" ""6: Cartagena's Most Notorious Sorceress: Paula de Eguiluz"" ""7: Sorcery, Sex, and Society in Seventeenth-Century Cartagena"" ""8: Sex, Dress, and the Inquisition"" ""9: Violence, Honor, and Sex for Sale: Do Manuela de Andrade""""10: Sex, Love, and Marriage in the Eighteenth Century"" ""11: Sex, Scandal, and the Military: Doa Luisa Llerena"" ""Conclusion"" ""Notes"" ""Bibliography"" ""Index"" ""Back Cover"" |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (318 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010710285905171 |
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