| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 295 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
This critical reinterpretation of male violence, patriarchy, and machismo in rural Latin America focusses on the lives of lower-class men and women, known as sertanejo/as, in the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceará between 1845 and 1889. Challenging the widely accepted depiction of sertanejos as conditioned to violence by nature, culture, and climate, the book argues that their concern with maintaining an honourable manly reputation and the use of violence were historically contingent strategies employed to resolve conflicts over scant resources and to establish power over women and other men. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Masculinity -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Masculinity. |
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Brazil -- Ceará (State) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Men -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Men. |
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Machismo -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Machismo. |
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Violence -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Violence. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Honor -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Honor. |
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Sex role -- Brazil -- Ceará (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Sex role. |
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Ceará (Brazil : State) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Men. |
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Machismo. |
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Gender roles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Santos, Martha S. (Martha Sofia), 1969- Cleansing honor with blood. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011032100 |
| ISBN |
9780804778480 (electronic book) |
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0804778485 (electronic book) |
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9780804774567 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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0804774560 |
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