Public lives, private secrets : gender, honor, sexuality, and illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Twinam, Ann
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: California : Stanford University Press, c1999.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 1. Antecedents ; 2. Precedents: sexuality and illegitimacy, discrimination, civil legitimation
  • Life Course: 3. Mothers: pregnant virgins, abandoned women and the private and public price of sexuality ; 4. Fathers: life course and sexuality ; 5. Babies and illegitimacy: the politics of recognition from the font to the grave ; 6. Children: growing up illegitimate ; 7. Adults: passing, turning-point moments, and the quest for honor ; 8. Adults: the quest for family property
  • The State's Response: 9. Royal officials: prelude (1717-1760) and early policy formation (1761-1775) ; 10. Bourbon reformers: the activist càmara 1776-1793 ; 11. Reform and retreat: Bourbon social policies after 1794
  • Aftermaths: 12. The legitimated: life after Gracias al Sacar.