The limits of gender domination
Subtitle: women, the law, and political crisis in Quito, 1765-1830
By: Chad Thomas Black
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780826349231
Subjects: Politics and government; Women's rights; Social conditions; History; Legal status, laws; Women
Description: "Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous late colonial and early republican periods in Quito, Ecuador (1765-1830), this study views the relationship between the increasingly centralized power of Bourbon governance and the local operations of social authority through the lens of women's legal, economic, and social status."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-347) and index.
Table of contents: title: Quito 1765: justice, rebellion, reform; title: Practice I: sexed crimes; title: Practice II: women, property, civil dispute; title: Quito 1809: in defense of religion, king, and Patría; title: Practice III: in the name of king and constitution; title: Practice IV: in the name of the law.