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Title The faces of honor : sex, shame, and violence in colonial Latin America / edited by Lyman L. Johnson and Sonya Lipsett-Rivera
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1998]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Diálogos
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contents Honor and honors in colonial Spanish America / Mark A. Burkholder -- Honor, sexuality, and the colonial church / Geoffrey Spurling -- The negotiation of honor / Ann Twinam -- An urgent need to conceal / Muriel Nazzari -- Dangerous words, provocative gestures, and violent acts / Lyman L. Johnson -- Honor among plebeians / Richard Boyer -- A slap in the face of honor / Sonya Lipsett-Rivera -- Honor among slaves / Sandra Lauderdale Graham
Summary Honor was everywhere in Colonial Latin America, and to understand the many ways it had an impact on people's lives is to understand the organizing principles of a society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Lateinamerika gnd
Subject Honor -- Latin America -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Honor
Manners and customs
Ehre
Kultur
Aufsatzsammlung
Eer.
Geweld.
Honor -- Latin America -- History.
SUBJECT Latin America -- Social life and customs
Latin America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074879
Latin America
Subject Latin America
Latin America -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Johnson, Lyman L., editor.
Lipsett-Rivera, Sonya, 1961- editor.
ISBN 9780826353450
0826353452