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245 10 a| Violent delights, violent endsh| [electronic resource] :b| sex, race, and honor in colonial Cartagena de Indias /c| Nicole von Germeten.;

260 a| Albuquerque :b| University of New Mexico Press,c| [2013];

300 a| xi, 304 pages ;c| 23 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-300) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "This study of sexuality in seventeenth-century Latin America takes the reader beneath the surface of daily life in a colonial city. Cartagena was an important Spanish port and the site of an Inquisition high court, a slave market, a leper colony, a military base, and a prison colony--colonial institutions that imposed order by enforcing Catholicism, cultural and religious boundaries, and prevailing race and gender hierarchies. The city was also simmering with illegal activity, from contraband trade to prostitution to heretical religious practices. Nicole von Germeten's research uncovers scandalous stories drawn from archival research in Inquisition cases, criminal records, wills, and other legal documents. The stories focus largely on sexual agency and honor: an insult directed at a married woman causes a deadly street battle; a young doña uses sex to manipulate a lustful, corrupt inquisitor. Scandals like these illustrate the central thesis of this book: women in colonial Cartagena de Indias took control of their own sex lives and used sex and rhetoric connected to sexuality to plead their cases when they had to negotiate with colonial bureaucrats"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| ""This work is an intensive examination of honor, race, violence, and sexuality in Cartegna during the era of Spanish rule."--Provided by publisher"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Violent delights, violent ends sex, race, and honor in colonial Cartagena de Indias / Nicole von Germeten.

Author/creator	Germeten, Nicole von
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]
Description	xi, 304 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Sex--Colombia. --Cartagena. --History. Violence--Colombia. --Cartagena. --History. Honor--Colombia. --Cartagena. --History. Cartagena (Colombia)--Race relations. --History.

Abstract	"This study of sexuality in seventeenth-century Latin America takes the reader beneath the surface of daily life in a colonial city. Cartagena was an important Spanish port and the site of an Inquisition high court, a slave market, a leper colony, a military base, and a prison colony--colonial institutions that imposed order by enforcing Catholicism, cultural and religious boundaries, and prevailing race and gender hierarchies. The city was also simmering with illegal activity, from contraband trade to prostitution to heretical religious practices. Nicole von Germeten's research uncovers scandalous stories drawn from archival research in Inquisition cases, criminal records, wills, and other legal documents. The stories focus largely on sexual agency and honor: an insult directed at a married woman causes a deadly street battle; a young doña uses sex to manipulate a lustful, corrupt inquisitor. Scandals like these illustrate the central thesis of this book: women in colonial Cartagena de Indias took control of their own sex lives and used sex and rhetoric connected to sexuality to plead their cases when they had to negotiate with colonial bureaucrats"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	""This work is an intensive examination of honor, race, violence, and sexuality in Cartegna during the era of Spanish rule."--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-300) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013019963
ISBN	9780826353955 (pbk.)

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