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

Por: Twinam, Ann, 1946-.

Tipo de material: Texto

TextoEditor: Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1999Descripción: xiii, 447 p. : taules ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0804731470.Tema(s): Sexualitat -- Amèrica Llatina

| Història social -- Amèrica Llatina

| Dones -- Amèrica Llatina -- Condicions socials -- S. XVIII

| Amèrica Llatina -- Història -- S. XVIII

Contenidos:

Part I. Introduction: 1. Antecedents 2. Precedents: sexuality and illegitimacy, discrimination, civil legitimation Part II. 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 Part III. The State's Response: 9. Royal officials: prelude (1717-1760) and early policy formation (1761-1775) 10. Bourbon reformers: the activist camara 1776-1793 11. Reform and retreat: Bourbon social policies after 1794 Part IV. Aftermaths: 12. The legitimated: life after Gracias al Sacar 13. Conclusion.

Resumen: Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America.

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Tipo de ítem	Ubicación actual	Signatura	Estado	Notas	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras
Monografies	Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics	Família-Hist(8)-TWI (Navegar estantería)	Prestado	Localització: Prestatgeria Amèrica Llatina -- Família	17.09.2024	006928

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Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America.