Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala
Women Who Live Evil Lives documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of colonial Central America. Men and women from all sectors of society consulted them to intervene in sexual and familial relations and disputes between neighbors and rival shop owners; to counter abusive colonial officials, employers, or husbands; and in cases of inexplicable illness. Applying historical, anthropological, and gender studies analysis, Martha Few argues that women's local practices of magic, curing…
Mehr
CHF 34.50
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V105:
Folgt in ca. 15 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-292-72549-2
- EAN: 9780292725492
- Produktnummer: 9765248
- Verlag: Univ Of Texas Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 202 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.2 cm 322 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 322
5 weitere Werke von Martha Few:
Bewertungen
Anmelden