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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785706003321

Autore

Komisaruk Catherine <1965->

Titolo

Labor and love in Guatemala [[electronic resource] ] : the eve of independence / / Catherine Komisaruk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-8047-8460-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

331.1097281

Soggetti

Labor - Guatemala - History

Slavery - Guatemala - History

Ethnicity - Guatemala - History

Marriage - Guatemala - History

Social change - Guatemala - History

Guatemala History To 1821

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Changing communities, changing identities : Indians and the colonial world -- "That they cease to be truly slaves" : African emancipation and the collapse of slavery -- A quiet revolution : free laborers and entrepreneurs in the Hispanizing city -- Broken rules in love and marriage : households, gender, and sexuality.

Sommario/riassunto

Labor and Love in Guatemala re-envisions the histories of labor and ethnic formation in Spanish America. Taking cues from gender studies and the "new" cultural history, the book transforms perspectives on the major social trends that emerged across Spain's American colonies: populations from three continents mingled; native people and Africans became increasingly hispanized; slavery and other forms of labor coercion receded. Komisaruk's analysis shows how these developments were rooted in gendered structures of work, migration, family, and reproduction. The engrossing narrative reconstructs Afro-Guatemalan family histories through slavery and freedom, and tells stories of native working women and men based on their own words. The book takes us into the heart of sweeping historical processes as it depicts the migrations that linked countryside to city, the sweat and filth of



domestic labor, the rise of female-headed households, and love as it was actually practiced—amidst remarkable permissiveness by both individuals and the state.