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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811531303321

Autore

Sloan Kathryn A. <1961->

Titolo

Runaway daughters : seduction, elopement, and honor in nineteenth-century Mexico / / Kathryn A. Sloan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

0-8263-4478-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

364.15/3

Soggetti

Seduction - Mexico - Oaxaca (State) - History - 19th century

Young women - Mexico - Oaxaca (State) - History - 19th century

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

CHAPTER SIX: Runaway Daughters: Sexual Honor and Sources of Female PowerCONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Cover; Runaway Daughters; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps and Figures; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Physical and Historical World of Runaway Daughters and Their Suitors; CHAPTER TWO: The Legal and Normative World of Runaway Daughters and Their Suitors; CHAPTER THREE: Making Love in Mexico: The Cultural Context of Courtship and Gender Relations; CHAPTER FOUR: Bearing Witness: Courtship and Working-Class Neighborhoods; CHAPTER FIVE: Disobedient Daughters and the Liberal State: Generational Conflicts over Marriage Choice.

Sommario/riassunto

Sloan investigates how civil laws in post-colonial Mexico played a significant role in changing social norms for marriage, sexuality, and parental authority.