The Women of Colonial Latin America

A highly readable survey of women's experiences in Latin America from the late fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.

Susan Migden Socolow (Author)

9780521148825, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 February 2015

272 pages, 14 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg

Review of previous edition: 'Tracing the history of Latin American women from 1492 until the independence era in the early nineteenth century might seem like a daunting task for writer and reader alike, but Socolow displays a striking ability to cut to the heart of the matter. In clear, concise prose she outlines major historical developments, notes exceptions and counter tendencies, and gives intriguing examples.' Journal of World History

In this second edition of her acclaimed volume, The Women of Colonial Latin America, Susan Migden Socolow has revised substantial portions of the book - incorporating new topics and illustrative cases that significantly expand topics addressed in the first edition; updating historiography; and adding new material on poor, rural, indigenous and slave women.

1. Iberian women in the old world and the new
2. Before Columbus: women in indigenous America and Africa
3. Conquest and colonization
4. The arrival of Iberian women
5. Women, marriage, and family
6. Elite women
7. The brides of Christ and other religious women
8. Women and work
9. Women and slavery
10. Women and social deviance: crime, witchcraft, and rebellion
11. Women and enlightenment reform
12. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Gender studies: women [JFSJ1], History of the Americas [HBJK], History [HB]