Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806
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Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806

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  1. 320 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806

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About this book

"This outstanding collection makes available for the first time a remarkable range of primary sources that will enrich courses on women as well as Latin American history more broadly. Within these pages are captivating stories of enslaved African and indigenous women who protest abuse; of women who defend themselves from charges of witchcraft, cross-dressing, and infanticide; of women who travel throughout the empire or are left behind by the men in their lives; and of women's strategies for making a living in a world of cross-cultural exchanges. Jaffary and Mangan's excellent Introduction and annotations provide context and guide readers to think critically about crucial issues related to the intersections of gender with conquest, religion, work, family, and the law."
—Sarah Chambers, University of Minnesota

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Yes, you can access Women in Colonial Latin America, 1526 to 1806 by Nora E. Jaffary, Jane E. Mangan, Nora E. Jaffary,Jane E. Mangan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Latin American & Caribbean History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Title of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
  6. Contents
  7. List of Maps
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. 1: Grant of Tacuba by Hernån Cortés to Isabel Moctezuma, Firstborn Daughter of Moctezuma II and Her Last Will and Testament (Mexico City, 1526, 1550)
  11. 2: Beatríz, India’s, Lawsuit for Freedom from Slavery (Castile, Spain, 1558–1574)
  12. 3: Women’s Wills (Potosí, 1577 and 1601; La Plata, 1598 and 1658)
  13. 4: Midwife Francisca Díaz’s Petition to Return to Mexico (Seville, 1566)
  14. 5: Life and Love in Women’s Letters to Spouses (Spain and Mexico, 1567–1576)
  15. 6: Mothers and Wives in Labor Agreements (Arequipa, 1590; La Plata, 1602; and PotosĂ­, 1571 and 1659)
  16. 7: Criminal Complaint by Angela de Palacios on Behalf of Her Daughter, Leonor Arias (PotosĂ­, 1584)
  17. 8: BĂĄrbara LĂłpez, India, Accuses Her Husband of Abuse (Santa Fe, 1612)
  18. 9: Sor Ana’s Travel Excerpt from Mexico to Manila (Mexico and Manila, 1620)
  19. 10: The Spiritual Diary of an Afro–Peruvian Mystic, Úrsula de JesĂșs (Lima, 1647–1661)
  20. 11: Isabel HernĂĄndez, Midwife and Healer, Appears before the Inquisition (Mexico, 1652)
  21. 12: Don Juan de Vargas y Orellana Accuses His Wife doña Francisca de Marquina of Abortion (Potosí, 1703)
  22. 13: Founding Corpus Christi, a Convent for Indigenous Women (Mexico City, 1723)
  23. 14: An African Woman Petitions for Freedom in a Colonial Brazilian Mining Town (Vila Rica, 1766)
  24. 15: Isabel Victoria GarcĂ­a Sues the Hacienda del Trapiche over Land Ownership (Pamplona, Colombia, 1777)
  25. 16: Between Heaven and Earth: Thereza de JesĂșs Maria Jozé’s Last Will and Testament (Cachoeira, Bahia, 1777)
  26. 17: Natividad, Negra, Sues Her Owner for Freedom (Lima, 1792)
  27. 18: A Colonial Cross-Dresser (Mexico, 1796)
  28. 19: Ana Gallum, Freed Slave and Property Owner (Florida, 1801)
  29. 20: A Female Slave Owner’s Abuse of an Enslaved Woman (Neiva, Colombia, 1803)
  30. 21: María del Carmen Ventura’s Criminal Trial for Infanticide (Zacualtipan, Mexico, 1806)
  31. Glossary
  32. Bibliography
  33. Index
  34. Back Cover