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Profit and passion : transactional sex in colonial Mexico / Nicole von Germeten

Oakland, California : University of California Press [[2018]], [2018]

1 Online-Ressource (x, 235 pages)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Germeten, Nicole von : Profit and passion. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] (Druck-Ausgabe)

0-520-96970-7 (electronic book); 978-0-520-96970-4 (electronic book)

978-0-520-29729-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-29731-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-29729-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HQ151.A5

306.740972     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: HIS024000 ; bisacsh: POL 038000 ; bisacsh: SOC 022000 ; bisacsh: SOC 002010

LOC-SH: Prostitutes -- Mexico -- History

Mexico ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; HISTORY ; Latin America ; General ; Prostitutes ; History

"This book recounts four centuries of the history of women labeled public women, whores, and prostitutes in New Spain's archival records and works of literature from Spain and Mexico. Performing conventional gender roles, women resisted the archival inscription of these labels, so this complex story of multi-layered viceregal sex work acknowledges the ambiguities and limitations of documenting the history of sexuality via written sources. The elusive, ever-changing terminology for prosecuted women in the early modern Iberian world, voiced by kings, jurists, magistrates, inquisitors, and bishops, as well as disgruntled husbands and neighbors, foreshadows the increasing regulation, criminalization, and polarizing politics of modern global transactional sex. Key themes include: the history of the word "prostitute/prostitution," narratives presented by women in a court setting, the creation of a victim narrative by defendants and prosecutors, legal history, and the importance of the economic and familial context in shaping sexual transactionality. Sources used come from the archives of police, church, and inquisitorial investigations. Interpretations are shaped by archival and sex work activism theories"--Provided by publisher

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Bawds and brothels -- From whores to prostitutes -- Respectable mistresses -- Courtesans and their lovers -- Streetwalkers and the police -- Multiple prostitute identities -- Selling sisters, saving the family.