ISBN:
0292798725
,
9780292798724
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 188 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Poska, Allyson M. [Rezension von: Few, Martha, Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala] 2004
Parallel Title:
Print version Women who live evil lives
DDC:
305.42/097281
Keywords:
Wizards History 17th century
;
Wizards History 18th century
;
Inquisition
;
Women Social conditions 17th century
;
Women healers History 18th century
;
Women healers History 17th century
;
Women Social conditions 18th century
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1: Contested Powers: Gender, Culture, and the Process of Colonial Rule""; ""2: Society and Colonial Authority in Santiago de Guatemala""; ""3: Magical Violence and the Body""; ""4: Illness, Healing, and the Supernatural World""; ""5: Female Sorcery, Material Life, and Urban Community Formation""; ""6: Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-184) and index
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