With Our Labor and Sweat
Subtitle: Indigenous Women and the Formation of Colonial Society in Peru, 1550-1700
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: March 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780804753555
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Social history; Women's studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Latin America - South America; History / South America; Sociology - General; Economic conditions; History; Inca women; Indian women; Peru; Women
Description: "Based upon substantial new research, this book investigates the heterogeneity of experiences of rural and urban indigenous women in Peru during the first two centuries of Spanish colonization. Using wills, as well as other notarial and legal documents, it discusses changes in their working lives and how their identity as "Indians" as well as women was shaped in a multicultural society. From their utilization of colonial law to seek redress, to their creation of urban dress styles that reflected their new positions as consumers and as producers under Spanish rule, the early colonial period witnessed a dramatic upheaval in indigenous women's lives.

By analyzing the migration from rural to urban areas, the interaction with Spanish as well as African society, and the lives of both plebeians and elites, the author provides a thorough picture of this transformational period."--Jacket.