Saffa, Sarah N. <br/><br/>
Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial Guatemala. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (175 pages) 
 - Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas Series .
 - Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781000172621 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Incest-Law and legislation-Guatemala-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KGD5564  / .S244 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.728102536