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Cambridge Latin American Studies: Marriage, Class and Colour in Nineteenth-Century Cuba : A Study of Racial Attitudes and Sexual Values in a Slave Society by Verena Martinez-Alier (1974, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521098467
ISBN-139780521098465
eBay Product ID (ePID)1361856
Product Key Features
Number of Pages220 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMarriage, Class and Colour in Nineteenth-Century Cuba : A Study of Racial Attitudes and Sexual Values in a Slave Society
Publication Year1974
SubjectSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Latin America / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorVerena Martinez-Alier
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesCambridge Latin American Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight10.2 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN73-082463
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 17
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPart I. Interracial Marriage: 1. Intermarriage and family honour; 2. Intermarriage and politics; 3. Intermarriage and Catholic doctrine; 4. The white man's view; 5. Colour as a symbol of social status; 6. Intraracial marriage; Part II. Honour and Class: 7. Elopement and seduction; 8. Conclusion: Some analytical comparisons.
SynopsisAn analysis of marriage patterns in nineteenth-century Cuba, a society with a large black population the majority of which was held in slavery but which also included considerable numbers of freedmen. Dr Martinez-Alier uses as her main source of evidence the records in Havana of administrative and judicial proceedings of cases in which parents opposed a marriage, of cases involving elopement, and of cases of interracial marriage. Dr Martinez-Alier develops a model of the relation between sexual values and social inequality. She considers the importance of the value of virginity in supporting the hierarchy of Cuban society, based on ascription rather than achievement. As a consequence of the high evaluation of virginity, elopement was often a successful means of overcoming parental dissent to an unequal marriage. However, in cases of interracial elopement, the seduced coloured woman had little chance of redress through marriage. In this battle of the sexes and the races, the free coloured women and men played roles and acquired values which explain why matrifocality became characteristic of black free families., An analysis of marriage patterns in nineteenth-century Cuba, a society with a large black population the majority of which was held in slavery but which also included considerable numbers of freedmen. Dr Martinez-Alier uses as her main source of evidence the records in Havana of administrative and judicial proceedings of cases in which parents opposed a marriage, of cases involving elopement, and of cases of interracial marriage.
LC Classification NumberGN237
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