Sexuality and the Unnatural in Colonial Latin America (Hardcover)

Sexuality and the Unnatural in Colonial Latin America brings together a broad community of scholars to explore the history of illicit and alternative sexualities in Latin America's colonial and early national periods. Together the essays examine how "the unnatural" came to inscribe certain sexual acts and desires as criminal and sinful, including acts officially deemed to be "against nature"- sodomy, bestiality, and masturbation - along with others that approximated the unnatural - hermaphroditism, incest, sex with the devil, solicitation in the confessional, erotic religious visions, and the desecration of holy images. In doing so, this anthology makes important and necessary contributions to the historiography of gender and sexuality. Amid the growing politicized interest in broader LGBTQ movements in Latin America, the essays also show how these legal codes endured to make their way into post-independence Latin America.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Zeb Tortorici
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28814-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-28814-9
Barcode:	9780520288140

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