Cleansing honor with blood [electronic resource] : masculinity, violence, and power in the backlands of northeast Brazil, 1845-1889 / Martha S. Santos.

By: Santos, Martha S. (Martha Sofia), 1969-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012Description: xvii, 295 pISBN: 9780804778480 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Masculinity -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Men -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Machismo -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Violence -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Power (Social sciences) -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Honor -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Sex role -- Brazil -- Ceara (State) -- History -- 19th century | Ceara (Brazil : State) -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 303.6/20811098131 LOC classification: HQ1090.7.B6 | S26 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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