West of Sex - Making Mexican America, 1900-1930

Klappentext Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Sex can be an oppressive force! a tool to shame! divide! and control a population. But it can also be a force for change! for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Pablo Mitchell, Mitchell Pablo
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2012
• EAN: 9780226532691
• ISBN: 978-0-226-53269-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, United States of America, USA, Sociology: sexual relations, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Hispanic & Latino Studies, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General