Gendered crime and punishment : women and in the Hispanic inquisitions In Gendered Crime and Punishment Stacey Schlau mines the Inquisitional archive of Spain and Latin America in order to uncover the words and actions of accused women as transcribed in the trial records of the Holy Office. Although these are mediated texts filtered through the formulae and norms of the religious institution that recorded them much can be learned about the prisoners individual aspirations and experiences as well as about the rigidly hierarchical yet highly multicultural societies in which they lived. Chapters on Judaizing false visions possession by the Devil witchcraft and sexuality utilize case studies to unpack hegemonic ideologies and technologies as well as individual responses. Filling in a gap in our understanding of the dynamics of gender in the early modern colonial period as it relates to women and gender the book contributes to the growing scholarship in Inquisition cultural studies Provided by publisher