CLEANSING HONOR WITH BLOOD Masculinity, Violence, and Power in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1845-1889

CLEANSING HONOR WITH BLOOD : Masculinity, Violence, and Power in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1845-1889 / MARTHA S. SANTOS.

Author/creator	Santos, Martha S. (Martha Sofia), 1969-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Stanford, California : STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,
Description	xvii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Masculinity--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Men--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Machismo--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Violence--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Power (Social sciences)--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Honor--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Sex role--Brazil --Ceará (State) --History --19th century. Ceará (Brazil : State)--Social conditions --19th century.

Contents	A brief moment of prosperity : land, opportunity, and autonomy, 1845-70 -- Unruly soldiers and honorable providers : paradoxes of masculinity and state formation in the backlands, 1840s-89 -- Poor but respectable : community, family, and the gendered negotiation of daily life, 1845-89 -- A changing world : deprivation, dislocation, and the disruption of honorable masculinity, 1865-89 -- Masculinity challenged and affirmed : autonomous women, men, and violent patriarchy, 1865-89 -- Of courage and manhood : masculine spaces, violence, and honor, 1865-89.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011032100
ISBN	9780804774567 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0804774560 (cloth : alk. paper)

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