{"product_id":"the-heart-in-the-glass-william-e-french-9781496206398","title":"The Heart in the Glass Jar: Love Letters, Bodies, and the Law in Mexico","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Heart in the Glass Jar\u003c\/i\u003e begins with one man's literal heart (that of a prominent statesman in mid-nineteenth-century Mexico) but is truly about the hearts, bodies, legal entanglements, and letters--as both symbols and material objects--of northern Mexicans from the 1860s through the 1930s. \u003cbr\u003e 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 begins by situating love letters in the context of the legal system, which protected the moral order of families and communities and also perpetuated the gender order--the foundation of power structures in Mexican society. He then examines reading and writing practices in the communities that the letters came from: mining camps, villages, small towns, and the \"passionate public sphere\" that served as the wider social context for the love letters and crimes of passion. Finally, French considers \"sentimental anatomy,\" the eyes, hearts, souls, and wills of \u003ci\u003enovios\u003c\/i\u003e (men and women in courting relationships), that the letters gave voice to and helped bring into being. \u003cbr\u003e In the tradition of Carlo Ginzburg's \u003ci\u003eThe Cheese and the Worms\u003c\/i\u003e and Natalie Zemon Davis's \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Martin Guerre\u003c\/i\u003e, French connects intimate lives to the broader cultural moment, providing a rich and complex cultural history from the intersection of love and law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William E. French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496206398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496206398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"William E. French","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936367247615,"sku":"9781496206398","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_33b1e3c5-4a56-4707-bcdd-e11518274124.jpg?v=1681425151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-heart-in-the-glass-william-e-french-9781496206398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}