Private passions and public sins : men and women in seventeenth-century Lima / María Emma Mannarelli ; translated by Sidney Evans and Meredith D. Dodge.

Author
Mannarelli, María Emma, 1954- [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
Description
xvi, 204 p. ; 23 cm.

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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.
Contents
  • The Spanish invasion and new patterns of relations between men and women
  • The scene : separation and convergence in seventeenth-century Lima
  • Unwed couples : eating, drinking, and sleeping under the same roof
  • Adultery : sinning against charity and justice
  • Illegitimate children : bonds of love and discharge of conscience
  • Female dishonor and social hierarchies
  • Abandonment, affection, and institutional response.
ISBN
  • 9780826322791 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0826322794 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007002219
OCLC
80460320
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