Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

by Kathryn A. Sloan
ISBN-10:
0826344771
ISBN-13:
9780826344779
Pub. Date:
11/16/2008
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-10:
0826344771
ISBN-13:
9780826344779
Pub. Date:
11/16/2008
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

by Kathryn A. Sloan
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Overview

Against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Oaxaca City, Kathryn Sloan analyzes rapto trials—cases of abduction and/or seduction of a minor—to gain insight beyond the actual crime and into the reality that testimonies by parents, their children, and witnesses reveal about courtship practices, generational conflict, the negotiation of honor, and the relationship between the state and its working-class citizens in post colonial Mexico.

Unlike the colonial era where paternal rule was absolute, Sloan found that the state began to usurp parental authority in the home with the introduction of liberal reform laws. As these laws began to shape the terms of civil marriage, the courtroom played a more significant role in the resolution of familial power struggles and the restoration of family honor in rapto cases. Youths could now exert a measure of independence by asserting their rights to marry whom they wished. In examining these growing rifts between the liberal state and familial order within its lower order citizens, Sloan highlights the role that youths and the working class played in refashioning systems of marriage, honor, sexuality, parental authority, and filial obedience.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826344779
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 11/16/2008
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kathryn A. Sloan is assistant professor of history at the University of Arkansas.

Table of Contents


Maps and Figures viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Physical and Historical World of Runaway Daughters and Their Suitors 13 Chapter 2 The Legal and Normative World of Runaway Daughters and Their Suitors 32 Chapter 3 Making Love in Mexico: The Cultural Context of Courtship and Gender Relations 62 Chapter 4 Bearing Witness: Courtship and Working-Class Neighborhoods 103 Chapter 5 Disobedient Daughters and the Liberal State: Generational Conflicts over Marriage Choice 130 Chapter 6 Runaway Daughters: Sexual Honor and Sources of Female Power 155 Conclusion 178 Notes 185 Bibliography 219 Index 238
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