Disobedience, Slander, Seduction, and Assault : : Women and Men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862-1900 / / Tanja Christiansen.
Though the law and courts of nineteenth-century Peru were institutions created by and for the ruling elite, women of all classes used the system to negotiate the complexities of property rights, childrearing, and marriage, and often to defend their very definitions of honor. Drawing on the trial tra...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Presenting the Case
- 2. Cajamarcan Society under the Magnifying Glass: Regional Society, Economy, and Politics in the Nineteenth Century
- 3. Legislating Gender: The Law, Official Gender Norms, and Notions of Honor
- 4. Survival Strategies: Negotiating Matrimony
- 5. Injurias Verbales y Calumnias: Slander
- 6. Rapto, Seducción, Violación, and Estupro: Moving beyond the Loss of Honor
- 7. Conflict and Cooperation among Women
- 8. Conclusion
- Appendix a Marital and Literacy Data from Criminal Trials, 1862–1900
- Appendix b Data from the National Census Conducted in 1876
- Appendix c Cited Trials
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index