Gendered crime and punishment : women and/in the Hispanic inquisitions / by Stacey Schlau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlau, Stacey, 1948-

Series:

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; 49.

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Sociological aspects.

Inquisition.

Inquisition--Spain--History.

Inquisition--Latin America--History.

Female offenders--Spain--History.

Female offenders.

Female offenders--Latin America--History.

Women--Spain--Social conditions.

Women.

History.

Spain.

Social conditions.

Women--Latin America--Social conditions.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

In Gendered Crime and Punishment, Stacey Schlan mines the Inquisitional archive of Spain and Latin America in order to uncover the words and actions of accused women as transcribed in the trial records of the Holy Office. Although these are mediated texts, filtered through the formulae and norms of the religious institution that recorded them, much can be learned about the prisoners' individual aspirations and experiences, as well as about the rigidly hierarchical, yet highly multicultural societies in which they live. Chapters on Judaizing, false visions, possession by the Devil, witchcraft, and sexuality utilize case studies to unpack hegemonic ideologies and technologies, as well as individual responses. Filling in a gap in our understanding of the dynamics of gender in the early modern/colonial period, as it relates to women and gender, the book contributes to the growing scholarship in Inquisition cultural studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : toward a gendered approach to understanding the Hispanic inquisitions

Betwixt and between : Judaizing women face the Inquisition

Dangerous spiritualities : beatas, illuminism, and false religiosity

Devil with a brown or black dress on : holy women as ventriloquists of Satan

Bewitching acts : cures, love potions, and spells

Entre cuerpo y alma : female sexuality, out of control?

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Formerly Medieval Iberian Peninsula" -- Series title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004235878

9004235876

OCLC:

808421695