Women Who Live Evil Lives : : Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala /

Women Who Live Evil Lives : : Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala / / Martha Few.

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Women Who Live Evil Lives documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of colonial Central America. Men and women from all sectors of soci...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Few, Martha,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2002
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (202 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Mexica: 1325–1521
  • 2. Tenochtitlán: 1325–1521
  • 3. Mesoamerican Resonance
  • Part II. New Spain: 1521–1821
  • 4. Colonial Mexico: 1521–1821
  • 5. Colonial Resonance
  • Part III. The New Nation: 1821–1910
  • 6. The First Century of Independence: 1821–1910
  • 7. Nineteenth-Century Resonance
  • Part IV. The Revolution: 1910–1921
  • 8. Revolutionary Mexico: 1910–1921
  • 9. Revolutionary Resonance
  • Part V. Modern Mexico: 1921–1968
  • 10. Bolero and Danzón during the Postrevolutionary Era
  • 11. Bolero and Danzón Today
  • 12. Classical Nationalism 12 during the Postrevolutionary Era
  • 13. Classical Nationalism Today
  • 14. Ranchera during the 14 Postrevolutionary Era and at Mid-Century
  • 15. Ranchera Today
  • Part VI. Contemporary Mexico: 1968– 2002
  • 16. Popular Music Today
  • 17. Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Theory and Methodology
  • Ap Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Contested Powers: Gender, Culture, and the Process of Colonial Rule
  • Chapter 2 Society and Colonial Authority in Santiago de Guatemala
  • Chapter 3 Magical Violence and the Body
  • Chapter 4 Illness, Healing, and the Supernatural World
  • Chapter 5 Female Sorcery, Material Life, and Urban Community Formation
  • Chapter 6 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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