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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462623003321

Autore

Schlau Stacey <1948->

Titolo

Gendered crime and punishment [[electronic resource] ] : women and/in the Hispanic inquisitions / / by Stacey Schlau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

1-283-85478-3

90-04-23735-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; ; 49

Disciplina

272.2

Soggetti

Inquisition - Sociological aspects

Inquisition - Spain - History

Inquisition - Latin America - History

Female offenders - Spain - History

Female offenders - Latin America - History

Women - Spain - Social conditions

Women - Latin America - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Formerly Medieval Iberian Peninsula" -- Series title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Toward a Gendered Approach to Understanding the Hispanic Inquisitions -- Betwixt and Between: Judaizing Women Face the Inquisition -- Dangerous Spiritualities: Beatas, Illuminism, and False Religiosity -- Devil With A Black or Brown Dress On: Holy Women as Ventriloquists of Satan -- Bewitching Acts: Cures, Love Potions, and Spells -- Entre cuerpo y alma: Female Sexuality, Out of Control? -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Gendered Crime and Punishment , Stacey Schlau mines the Inquisitional archive of Spain and Latin America in order to uncover the words and actions of accused women as transcribed in the trial records of the Holy Office. Although these are mediated texts, filtered through the formulae and norms of the religious institution that recorded them, much can be learned about the prisoners’ individual aspirations and experiences, as well as about the rigidly hierarchical, yet highly



multicultural societies in which they lived. Chapters on Judaizing, false visions, possession by the Devil, witchcraft, and sexuality utilize case studies to unpack hegemonic ideologies and technologies, as well as individual responses. Filling in a gap in our understanding of the dynamics of gender in the early modern/colonial period, as it relates to women and gender, the book contributes to the growing scholarship in Inquisition cultural studies.