Heart in the Glass Jar - Love Letters, Bodies, and the Law in Mexico

Informationen zum Autor William E. French is an associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of A Peaceful and Working People: Manners, Morals, and Class Formation in Northern Mexico and the coeditor of Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Latin America since Independence. Klappentext A history of love and courtship in Mexico from the 1860s through the 1930s based on love letters preserved in legal cases involving courtship. Zusammenfassung William E. French's innovative study of courtship practice and family formation examines love letters of everyday folk within the framework of literacy studies and explores how love letters functioned culturally and legally. French connects intimate lives to the broader cultural moment! providing a rich and complex cultural history from the intersection of love and law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Heading (Acknowledgments)Introduction: The Heart in the Glass Jar  Section 1: The Letter of the LawSection 2: The Lettered Countryside  Section 3: The Body of the Letter  PostscriptNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: William E French, William E. French
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781496206398
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-0639-8
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: The Mexican Experience; The Mexican Experience
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology