{"product_id":"disobedience-slander-seduction-and-assault-tanja-christiansen-9780292705630","title":"Disobedience, Slander, Seduction, and Assault: Women and Men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough the law and courts of nineteenth-century Peru were institutions created by and for the ruling elite, women of all classes used the system to negotiate the complexities of property rights, childrearing, and marriage, and often to defend their very definitions of honor. Drawing on the trial transcripts of Cajamarca, a northern Peruvian province, from more than a century ago, this book shares eye-opening details about life among this community, in which reputation could determine a woman's chances of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the processes of courtship, seduction, and familial duties revealed in these court records, historian Tanja Christiansen has unearthed a compelling panorama that includes marital strife, slander, disobedience, street brawls, and spousal abuse alongside documents that give evidence of affection and devotion. Her research also yields much new information about the protocols for conflict and cooperation among nineteenth-century Peruvian women from all social strata, and the prevalence of informal unions in an economy driven in large part by migratory male labor. Reviving a little-known aspect of Latin American history, Christiansen's book simultaneously brings to light an important microcosm of women's history during the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tanja Christiansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292705638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292705630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.22w x 0.66d","brand":"Tanja Christiansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47757358203135,"sku":"9780292705630","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5d81e23-064b-46be-a5f5-134a5defe3d2.jpg?v=1765510203","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disobedience-slander-seduction-and-assault-tanja-christiansen-9780292705630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}