When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away : Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846

Gutierrez, Ramon A.

Stanford University Press（1991/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 424 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780804718325
• DDC分類 978.902

Full Description

This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view.

Contents

Tables and figures Introduction Part I. The Sixteenth Century: 1. The Pueblo Indian world in the sixteenth century Part II. The Seventeenth Century: 2. The Spanish conquest of New Mexico 3. Seventeenth-century politics Part III. The Eighteenth Century: 4. The reconquest of New Mexico 5. Honor and social status 6. Honor and virtue 7. Honor and marriage 8. Marriage and the church 9. Marriage - the empirical evidence 10. The bourbon reforms on the Northern Frontier Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.