The Heart in the Glass Jar: Love Letters, Bodies, and the Law in Mexico

by William E. French

Book Overview

The Heart in the Glass Jar begins with one man's literal heart (that of a prominent statesman in mid-nineteenth-century Mexico) but is truly about the hearts, bodies, legal entanglements, and letters--as both symbols and material objects--of northern Mexicans from the 1860s through the 1930s.
William E. French's innovative study of courtship practice and family formation examines love letters of everyday folk within the framework of literacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496206398
• ISBN13: 9781496206398
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"