Santos, Martha S.  1969- <br/><br/>
Cleansing honor with blood  masculinity, violence, and power in the backlands of northeast Brazil, 1845-1889 /  [electronic resource] : 
Martha S. Santos. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Stanford University Press,  c2012. 
 - xvii, 295 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A brief moment of prosperity : land, opportunity, and autonomy, 1845-70 -- Unruly soldiers and honorable providers : paradoxes of masculinity and state formation in the backlands, 1840s-89 -- Poor but respectable : community, family, and the gendered negotiation of daily life, 1845-89 -- A changing world : deprivation, dislocation, and the disruption of honorable masculinity, 1865-89 -- Masculinity challenged and affirmed : autonomous women, men, and violent patriarchy, 1865-89 -- Of courage and manhood : masculine spaces, violence, and honor, 1865-89. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804778480 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Masculinity--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.<br/>Men--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.<br/>Machismo--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.<br/>Violence--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.<br/>Power (Social sciences)--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.<br/>Honor--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.<br/>Sex role--History--Brazil--Ceara (State)--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ceara (Brazil : State)--Social conditions--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1090.7.B6  / S26 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.6/20811098131