Rituals and Sisterhoods: Single Women's Households in Mexico, 1560-1750

by Amos Megged

Book Overview

Rituals and Sisterhoods reveals the previously under-studied world of plebeian single women and single-female-headed households in colonial Mexican urban centers. Focusing on the lower echelons of society, Amos Megged considers why some commoner women remained single and established their own female-headed households, examining their unique discourses and self-representations from various angles.

Megged analyzes these women's life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160732962X
• ISBN13: 9781607329626
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"