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Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial Guatemala.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (175 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000172621
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial GuatemalaDDC classification:
  • 345.728102536
LOC classification:
  • KGD5564 .S244 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: "I Am Not Your Father" -- 2 Social Relations in Colonial Spanish America -- 3 Incest and the Law -- 4 Blood Is Thicker than Water -- 5 Relative and Strategic Kinship -- 6 Incest and Indianness -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index.
Summary: This book explores social life in colonial Guatemala through the lens of incest. It shows how incest codes and the criminal process shaped the articulation of kinship and contributed to the racialization of kin behavior. It will appeal to scholars of Latin America, kinship, gender, and sexuality.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: "I Am Not Your Father" -- 2 Social Relations in Colonial Spanish America -- 3 Incest and the Law -- 4 Blood Is Thicker than Water -- 5 Relative and Strategic Kinship -- 6 Incest and Indianness -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index.

This book explores social life in colonial Guatemala through the lens of incest. It shows how incest codes and the criminal process shaped the articulation of kinship and contributed to the racialization of kin behavior. It will appeal to scholars of Latin America, kinship, gender, and sexuality.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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