What did it mean to be a woman in colonial Spanish America? Given the many advances in women's rights since the nineteenth century, we might assume that colonial women had few rights and were fully subordinated to male authority in the family and in society-but we'd be wrong. In this provocative study, Kimberly Gauderman undermines the long-accepted patriarchal model of colonial society by uncovering the active participation of indigenous, mestiza, and Spanish women of all social classes in many aspects of civil life in ...
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What did it mean to be a woman in colonial Spanish America? Given the many advances in women's rights since the nineteenth century, we might assume that colonial women had few rights and were fully subordinated to male authority in the family and in society-but we'd be wrong. In this provocative study, Kimberly Gauderman undermines the long-accepted patriarchal model of colonial society by uncovering the active participation of indigenous, mestiza, and Spanish women of all social classes in many aspects of civil life in seventeenth-century Quito. Gauderman draws on records of criminal and civil proceedings, notarial records, and city council records to reveal women's use of legal and extra-legal means to achieve personal and economic goals; their often successful attempts to confront men's physical violence, adultery, lack of financial support, and broken promises of marriage; women's control over property; and their participation in the local, interregional, and international economies. This research clearly demonstrates that authority in colonial society was less hierarchical and more decentralized than the patriarchal model suggests, which gave women substantial control over economic and social resources.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2003004064 Type of material Book Personal name Gauderman, Kimberly, 1960-Main title Women's lives in colonial Quito: gender, law, and economy in Spanish America / Kimberly Gauderman. Edition 1st ed. Published/Created Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Description xv, 177 p. : maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0292705557 (alk. paper) LC classification HQ1560. Q58 G38 2003 LC Subjects Women--Ecuador--Quito--History. Women's rights--Ecuador--Quito--History. Women--Ecuador--Quito--Economic conditions. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-171) and index. Dewey class no. 305.4/09866/13 Geographic area code s-ec---
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