{"product_id":"forms-of-relation-matthew-goldmark-9780813949383","title":"Forms of Relation: Composing Kinship in Colonial Spanish America","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on literary texts, conversion manuals, and colonial correspondence from sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and Peru, \u003ci\u003eForms of Relation\u003c\/i\u003e shows the importance of textual, religious, and bureaucratic ties to struggles over colonial governance and identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldmark analyzes these ties as forms of kinship forged outside of the well-studied paradigms of sex, biology, and procreation. He demonstrates how colonial actors--Spanish and Indigenous--vied for power when they argued that identity could be shaped by spiritual fatherhood, standardized education, or the regulation of doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForms of Relation\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates why we must interrogate the dominant paradigms of \u003ci\u003emestizaje, \u003c\/i\u003e heterosexuality, and biology that are too often left unchallenged in studies of Spanish colonialism, demonstrating how nonprocreative kinships shaped the Spanish colonial regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Goldmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813949386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813949383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Matthew Goldmark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919596384511,"sku":"9780813949383","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ef221f7-bd83-4455-a299-bc9027e5f818.jpg?v=1710358973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forms-of-relation-matthew-goldmark-9780813949383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}