Changing communities, changing identities : Indians and the colonial world -- "That they cease to be truly slaves" : African emancipation and the collapse of slavery -- A quiet revolution : free laborers and entrepreneurs in the Hispanizing city -- Broken rules in love and marriage : households, gender, and sexuality
Summary
Labor and Love in Guatemala re-envisions the histories of labor and ethnic formation in Spanish America. Taking cues from gender studies and the ""new"" cultural history, the book transforms perspectives on the major social trends that emerged across Spain's American colonies: populations from three continents mingled; native people and Africans became increasingly hispanized; slavery and other forms of labor coercion receded. Komisaruk's analysis shows how these developments were rooted in gendered structures of work, migration, family, and reproduction. The engrossing narrative
