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Rituals and Sisterhoods Single Women's Households in Mexico, 1560–1750 / Amos Megged.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Megged, Amos, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Households--Mexico.
- Households.
- Single women--Mexico--History.
- Single women.
- Single women--Mexico--Social conditions.
- Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Social conditions--To 1810.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020
- 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:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Mise-en-Scene
- The Major Themes of Concern
- Female-Headed Households
- Raising Children
- Singleness and Sexuality
- Sheltering Sisterhoods
- Representational Spaces
- Comforting Rituals
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607329633
- 1607329638
- OCLC:
- 1138896105
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