Federico Garza Carvajal: Vir. Perceptions of Manliness in Andalucía and México 1561-1699. Amsterdam (Amsterdamse Historische Reeks, Kleine Serie, Deel 41), 2000, 306 pp., ISBN 907394 124 5
2002; Librairie Droz; Volume: 6; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1663-4837
Autores Tópico(s)Early Modern Women Writers
ResumoCarvajal pretends to analyse the discourses on sodomy and the repression of sodomites in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and Mexico. His main focus is on the link between the «new» image of man – called «vir» by the author – as it developed during these centuries with the imperial politics of mainland Spain. He reports having counted and analysed 300 trials in different archives in Spain and Mexico city. 5% of the inquisitorial cases concerned sodomy, which thus qualifies for second place behind...
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