Women Who Live Evil Lives Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala

Name: Women Who Live Evil Lives Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala
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ISBN: 9780292725492

ISBN-10: 0292725493

ISBN-13: 9780292725492

Edition: 2002

Authors: Martha Few

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Martha Few has documented the lives of women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers and midwives, from all sections of colonial society, who lived & practised in Santiago de Guatemala, in the 17th & 18th centuries.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Contested Powers: Gender, Culture, and the Process of Colonial Rule



Society and Colonial Authority in Santiago de Guatemala



Magical Violence and the Body



Illness, Healing, and the Supernatural World



Female Sorcery, Material Life, and Urban Community Formation



Conclusion


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index