The Women of Colonial Latin America
The Women of Colonial Latin America
In this second edition of her acclaimed volume, The Women of Colonial Latin America, Susan Migden Socolow has revised substantial portions of the book - incorporating new topics and illustrative cases that significantly expand topics addressed in the first edition; updating historiography; and adding new material on poor, rural, indigenous and slave women.
- Contains new illustrations
- Accessible to students, with clear and jargon-free prose
- Features myriad examples in the form of stories of particular individuals' lives, which provide nuanced images of female life in the American colonies of Spain and Portugal
Reviews & endorsements
Review of previous edition: 'A nuanced, well-balanced overview of all kinds of colonial Latin American women and every facet of their lives … [It] will appeal to historians in general and the general public and it should be very successful in undergraduate classes on Latin American women.' Hispanic American Historical Review
Review of previous edition: 'A valuable introduction to the history of women in colonial Latin America, especially Spanish America, and will be particularly useful in introductory survey courses, making readily accessible the research and interpretive analyses of a generation of scholars.' The Americas
Review of previous edition: 'Tracing the history of Latin American women from 1492 until the independence era in the early nineteenth century might seem like a daunting task for writer and reader alike, but Socolow displays a striking ability to cut to the heart of the matter. In clear, concise prose she outlines major historical developments, notes exceptions and counter tendencies, and gives intriguing examples.' Journal of World History
Product details
March 2015Paperback
9780521148825
272 pages
229 × 152 × 15 mm
0.39kg
14 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Iberian women in the old world and the new
- 2. Before Columbus: women in indigenous America and Africa
- 3. Conquest and colonization
- 4. The arrival of Iberian women
- 5. Women, marriage, and family
- 6. Elite women
- 7. The brides of Christ and other religious women
- 8. Women and work
- 9. Women and slavery
- 10. Women and social deviance: crime, witchcraft, and rebellion
- 11. Women and enlightenment reform
- 12. Conclusion.
