Rituals and Sisterhoods: Single Women's Households in Mexico, 1560-1750

by Amos Megged

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Rituals and Sisterhoods reveals the previously under-studied world of plebeian single women and single-female-headed households in colonial Mexican urban centers. Focusing on the lower echelons of society, Amos Megged considers why some commoner women remained single and established their own female-headed households, examining their unique discourses and self-representations from various angles.

Megged analyzes these women's life stories...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:160732962X

ISBN13:9781607329626

Release Date:January 2020

Publisher:University Press of Colorado

Length:322 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

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