Title The secret history of gender : women, men, and power in late colonial Mexico / Steve J. Stern

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 478 pages) : maps Contents pt. 1. The journey -- An invitation to readers -- Power, patriarchy, and the Mexican poor: An inquiry -- pt. 2. Before Zapata: Culture as argument -- Counting surprises: The art of cultural exaggeration -- women, man, and authority: The contested boundaries of gender right and obligation -- Cultural legitimacy, cultural stigma: An interpretation of widows -- The crossfires of gender and family, color and class: Solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence -- Battle of patriacrhs: The world of male peasant violence -- Gender culture and political culture: Languages of community, politics, and riot -- pt. 3. Many Mexicos?: Culture as variation -- Regionalism and Mexicanidad: Toward a framework -- The Indian south: Gender, power, and ethnicity in Oaxaca -- The Plebeian center: Struggling women and wayward patriarchs in Mexico City -- The many Mexicos of every Mexican region: Morelos reconsidered -- pt. 4. Reflections -- Conclusion: Power and patriarchy in subaltern life, late colonial times -- Postscript: The problem of ghosts Summary In this study of gender relations in late colonial Mexico (ca. 1760-1821), Steve Stern analyzes the historical connections between gender, power, and politics in the lives of peasants, Indians, and other marginalized peoples. Through vignettes of everyday life, including the routine conflicts and violence that resulted from cultural arguments over gender right, he challenges assumptions about gender relations and political culture in a patriarchal society. He also reflects on continuity and change between late colonial times and the present and suggests a paradigm for understanding similar struggles over gender rights in Old Regime societies in Europe and the Americas. The historical arguments and conceptual sweep of Stern's book will inform not only students of Mexico and Latin America but also students of gender in the West and other world regions. Stern's interpretation both undermines and transcends previous perceptions of a single Latin American gender culture, including the notions of male rage and female complicity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-466) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Sex role -- Mexico -- History Power (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History Rural women -- Mexico -- Social conditions Peasants -- Mexico -- History Gender Identity -- history Social Conditions -- history SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. Peasants Power (Social sciences) Rural women -- Social conditions Sex role Social conditions Alltag Geschlechterverhältnis Koloniale periode. Vrouwen. Sekseverschillen. Estratificacao social. Trabalho da mulher (direito do trabalho) Trabalho rural. SUBJECT Mexico -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084618 Subject Mexico Mexiko Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0807864803 9780807864807

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