Rituals and sisterhoods : single women's households in Mexico, 1560-1750 / Amos Megged.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Megged, Amos, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single women--Mexico--Social conditions.

Single women.

Single women--Mexico--History.

Households--Mexico.

Households.

Single women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

History.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

Mexico--Social conditions--To 1810.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019]

Summary:

"An approach to lingering views on single, plebeian women in Latin American historiography and specifically Mexico. Major revelations that single women in lower echelons of society in early to mid-colonial Mexico were able to transcend class and race barriers in spite of poverty and unfavorable social circumstances"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Mise-en-Scène p. 3

2 The Major Themes of Concern p. 35

3 Female-Headed Households p. 61

4 Raising Children p. 94

5 Singleness and Sexuality p. 114

6 Sheltering Sisterhood p. 165

7 Representational Spaces p. 183

8 Comforting Rituals p. 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607329619

1607329611

9781607329626

160732962X

OCLC:

1110156906