The Faces of Honor: Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America
by Johnson, Lyman L.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary
Honor was everywhere in Colonial Latin America, and to understand the many ways it had an impact on peopleas lives is to understand the organizing principles of a society.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Notes | p. 16 |
| Honor and Honors in Colonial Spanish America | p. 18 |
| Notes | p. 42 |
| Honor, Sexuality, and the Colonial Church: The Sins of Dr. González, Cathedral Canon | p. 45 |
| Notes | p. 64 |
| the Negotiation of Honor Elites, Sexuality, and Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century Spanish America | p. 68 |
| Notes | p. 97 |
| an Urgent Need to Conceal the System of Honor and Shame in Colonial Brazil | p. 103 |
| Notes | p. 122 |
| Dangerous Words, Provocative Gestures, and Violent Acts the Disputed Hierarchies of Plebeian Life in Colonial Buenos Aires | p. 127 |
| Conclusions | p. 148 |
| Notes | p. 150 |
| Honor Among Plebeians Mala Sangre and Social Reputation | p. 152 |
| Notes | p. 176 |
| a Slap in the Face of Honor Social Transgression and Women in Late-Colonial Mexico | p. 179 |
| Notes | p. 197 |
| Honor Among Slaves | p. 201 |
| Notes | p. 225 |
| Glossary | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 231 |
| Contributors | p. 239 |
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