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Runaway daughters : seduction, elopement, and honor in nineteenth-century Mexico /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sloan, Kathryn A., 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Seduction > Mexico > Oaxaca (State) > History > 19th century.
Young women > Mexico > Oaxaca (State) > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The physical and historical world of runaway daughters and their suitors
  • The legal and normative world of runaway daughters and their suitors
  • Making love in Mexico : the cultural context of courtship and gender relations
  • Bearing witness : courtship and working-class neighborhoods
  • Disobedient daughters and the liberal state : generational conflicts over marriage choice
  • Runaway daughters : sexual honor and sources of female power.