Sonya Lipsett-Rivera
Biographic Data
| ID | 456372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonya Lipsett-Rivera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonya |
| FAMILY NAME | Lipsett-Rivera |
| SIGNATURE | LIPSETT-RIVERA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Men of God: Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico
The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City . By Nicole von Germeten
Journal Article The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City. By Nicole von Germeten Get access The Enlightened Patrolman: Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City. By Nicole von Germeten (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 350 pp. $30.00). Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University, Canada [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jour…
Profit and Passion: Transactional Sex in Colonial Mexico
Many really excellent studies of prostitution in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America exist, but such works are sparse for the colonial period. Despite the prodigious and admirable growth in scholarly literature on gender in the colonial period, the lack of abundant documentation meant that studies of New Spain usually skirted the issue of sex work. Nicole von Germeten builds on this foundational literature and on the excellent study b…
Silvia Marina Arrom. Volunteering for a Cause: Gender, Faith, and Charity in Mexico from the Reform to the Revolution
The feminization of charitable works is a well-accepted truism within the historical literature. In her inimitable fashion, Silvia Marina Arrom takes this idea and respectfully, painstakingly, and thoroughly shows how much more complicated the gendered picture of charity and religiosity was in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Mexico. Her latest monograph, Volunteering for a Cause: Gender, Faith, and Charity in Mexico from the Reform t…
Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico
Studies of honor have frequently looked to the escapades of men, duels, seductions, and the lost virginity of maidens rather than more serious topics. In an innovative approach, Osvaldo Pardo tackles honor from an ecclesiastical point of view. Using a wide variety of sources but privileging confession manuals and the writing of missionaries, Pardo examines the early period of contact between the indigenous peoples of New Spain and their conqueror…
Caterina Pizzigoni. The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650–1800
Journal Article Caterina Pizzigoni. The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650–1800. Get access Caterina Pizzigoni. The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650–1800. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. 2012. Pp. xiii, 324. Cloth $65.00, e-book $65.00. Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Aztecs on Stage: Religious Theater in Colonial Mexico , edited by Louise M. Burkhart
"Aztecs on Stage: Religious Theater in Colonial Mexico, edited by Louise M. Burkhart." Canadian Journal of History, 48(2), pp. 372–373
The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700
Although it is still a comparatively new branch of history, food history has joined the canon of scholarly endeavors. Likewise more and more historians have started to study the body. Rebecca Earle joins these two currents together in a superb and highly original monograph. While many scholars have examined the things people ate or how they thought about their bodies, Earle’s monograph explores how people thought about the connection between thei…
Un Canadien errant: Louis-Marie Moreau, dit Coulon : hérésie et rébellion au Nouveau-Mexique1
En 1739, un charpentier de Québec arrive au Nouveau-Mexique. Quatre ans plus tard, il est exécuté pour avoir suscité une rébellion indienne. Cet article examine les accusations portées contre cet homme, Louis-Marie Moreau dit Coulon, et les replace dans leurs contextes culturel et historique. Ayant critiqué les pratiques du catholicisme populaire dans la colonie espagnole, Moreau a soulevé la méfiance de plusieurs Indiens et Espagnols. En décriva…
Private Passions and Public Sins: Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima
Book Review| January 01 2009 Private Passions and Public Sins: Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima By María Emma Mannarelli. Translated by Sidney Evans and Meredith D. Dodge. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. xvi + 204 pp., introduction, glossary, bibliography, index. $23.95 paper.) Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2009) 56 (1): 224–226. http…
Death and Dying in New Mexico
Journal Article Death and Dying in New Mexico Get access Death and Dying in New Mexico. By de Chaparro Martina Will. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. xxiv + 261 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.) Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 3, Autumn 2008, Page 370, https:…
"Many "Others: The Colonial Project, Women and Sexuality
The Virgin, the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 , by Maria Elena Díaz
Mira lo que hace el diablo: The Devil in Mexican Popular Culture, 1750-1856
As she lay bleeding to death from an accidental knife wound, María Josefa Vargas said to her husband: “Look what the Devil has done (Mira lo que hace el diablo).” María Josefa and her husband, José Rosario, were both indigenous, natives of Almoloya and Tenancingo respectively, and at the time living in Malinalco in the Valley of Mexico. They had been fighting playfully over some meat that María Josefa had bought to make cecina Mock anger and a ve…
To Defend Our Water with the Blood of Our Veins: The Struggle for Resources in Colonial Puebla
Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California
Book Review| July 01 2001 Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California By Albert L. Hurtado. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999. xxix + 173 pp., foreword, preface, introduction, illustrations, tables, index.$39.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.) Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (3): 523–525. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-48-3-523 …
The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649 , edited and translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, CM., and James Lockhart
"The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649, edited and translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, CM., and James Lockhart.." Canadian Journal of History, 35(1), pp. 192–193
Antología sobre pequeño riego
Since Karl Wittfogel’s classic study of the connections between control over water, political power, and the emergence of the state in ancient China, many scholars in Mexico have embraced this approach. Wittfogel’s ideas have found more fertile ground in Mex-ico perhaps because of the pioneering work of Angel Palerm. This anthology makes no bones about following this stream of inquiry; in fact, the book is dedicated to Wittfogel. However, instead…
De Obra y Palabra: Patterns of Insults in Mexico, 1750-1856
Countless judicial complaints ranging from malos tratos (domestic mistreatment) to assault to insults contain the phrase de obra y palabra (by deed and word). Mexicans of the period 1750 to 1856 understood that the two aspects of injury—verbal and physical—were equally important. While violent acts harmed the body, words attacked an individual's honor and reputation. Therefore harm was conceived of as both physical and verbal, and the connection …
Introduction: Children in the History of Latin America
Paying the Price of Freedom: Family and Labor among Lima's Slaves, 1800-1854
Dos testimonios sobre historia de los aprovechamientos hidraulicos en Mexico
Dos testimonios sobre historia de los aprovechamientos hidraúlicos en MéxicoHistoria de las unidades de riego: Memorias de un soñadorEl hombre, la tierra, y el agua: las políticas en torno a la irriga…
De l'eau vive à l'eau morte: Enjeux techniques et culturels dans la valée de Mexico (XVIe-XIXe siècles)
The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries , by James Lockhart
Indigenous Communities and Water Rights in Colonial Puebla: Patterns of Resistance
Agriculture was at the center of the Poblano indigenous communal economy, and therefore, successful harvests were the motor of the community's survival. The struggle to retain land by Indians was a fundamental part of their quest to retain a viable community, but for some, an equally important task was to maintain control of water rights. The central place of sufficient water resources for the well-being of the collectivity was often expressed wh…
Mira lo que hace el diablo: The Devil in Mexican Popular Culture, 1750-1856
As she lay bleeding to death from an accidental knife wound, María Josefa Vargas said to her husband: “Look what the Devil has done (Mira lo que hace el diablo).” María Josefa and her husband, José Rosario, were both indigenous, natives of Almoloya and Tenancingo respectively, and at the time living in Malinalco in the Valley of Mexico. They had been fighting playfully over some meat that María Josefa had bought to make cecina Mock anger and a ve…
De Obra y Palabra: Patterns of Insults in Mexico, 1750-1856
Countless judicial complaints ranging from malos tratos (domestic mistreatment) to assault to insults contain the phrase de obra y palabra (by deed and word). Mexicans of the period 1750 to 1856 understood that the two aspects of injury—verbal and physical—were equally important. While violent acts harmed the body, words attacked an individual's honor and reputation. Therefore harm was conceived of as both physical and verbal, and the connection …
Introduction: Children in the History of Latin America
Water and Bureaucracy in Colonial Puebla de los Angeles
Although most urban dwellers take for granted the running water accessible to them in their homes, its presence is the culmination of the long 'conquest of water'. In effect, there are still minorities or even majorities in some Latin American cities whose days are punctuated with the task of fetching water for the household. This delineation between the fetchers of water and those with the luxury of in-house access is not a novelty. Within colon…
Puebla's Eighteenth-Century Agrarian Decline: A New Perspective
B Y the end of the eighteenth century, Puebla's economic dynamism was a faded memory. Chroniclers of the period bemoaned this loss of prestige in artisan and trading realms, and documented the shift of agrarian supremacy to other climes. Modern historians propose theories to explain the perceived transformation of New Spain's economic balance. In its heyday, Puebla was a center for both internal and external commerce, administered the mercury mon…
Puebla's Eighteenth-Century Agrarian Decline: A New Perspective
B Y the end of the eighteenth century, Puebla's economic dynamism was a faded memory. Chroniclers of the period bemoaned this loss of prestige in artisan and trading realms, and documented the shift of agrarian supremacy to other climes. Modern historians propose theories to explain the perceived transformation of New Spain's economic balance. In its heyday, Puebla was a center for both internal and external commerce, administered the mercury mon…
Indigenous Communities and Water Rights in Colonial Puebla: Patterns of Resistance
Agriculture was at the center of the Poblano indigenous communal economy, and therefore, successful harvests were the motor of the community's survival. The struggle to retain land by Indians was a fundamental part of their quest to retain a viable community, but for some, an equally important task was to maintain control of water rights. The central place of sufficient water resources for the well-being of the collectivity was often expressed wh…
The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries , by James Lockhart
Water and Bureaucracy in Colonial Puebla de los Angeles
Although most urban dwellers take for granted the running water accessible to them in their homes, its presence is the culmination of the long 'conquest of water'. In effect, there are still minorities or even majorities in some Latin American cities whose days are punctuated with the task of fetching water for the household. This delineation between the fetchers of water and those with the luxury of in-house access is not a novelty. Within colon…
De l'eau vive à l'eau morte: Enjeux techniques et culturels dans la valée de Mexico (XVIe-XIXe siècles)
Dos testimonios sobre historia de los aprovechamientos hidraulicos en Mexico
Dos testimonios sobre historia de los aprovechamientos hidraúlicos en MéxicoHistoria de las unidades de riego: Memorias de un soñadorEl hombre, la tierra, y el agua: las políticas en torno a la irriga…
Paying the Price of Freedom: Family and Labor among Lima's Slaves, 1800-1854
De Obra y Palabra: Patterns of Insults in Mexico, 1750-1856
Countless judicial complaints ranging from malos tratos (domestic mistreatment) to assault to insults contain the phrase de obra y palabra (by deed and word). Mexicans of the period 1750 to 1856 understood that the two aspects of injury—verbal and physical—were equally important. While violent acts harmed the body, words attacked an individual's honor and reputation. Therefore harm was conceived of as both physical and verbal, and the connection …
Introduction: Children in the History of Latin America
The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649 , edited and translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, CM., and James Lockhart
"The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649, edited and translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, CM., and James Lockhart.." Canadian Journal of History, 35(1), pp. 192–193
Antología sobre pequeño riego
Since Karl Wittfogel’s classic study of the connections between control over water, political power, and the emergence of the state in ancient China, many scholars in Mexico have embraced this approach. Wittfogel’s ideas have found more fertile ground in Mex-ico perhaps because of the pioneering work of Angel Palerm. This anthology makes no bones about following this stream of inquiry; in fact, the book is dedicated to Wittfogel. However, instead…
To Defend Our Water with the Blood of Our Veins: The Struggle for Resources in Colonial Puebla
Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California
Book Review| July 01 2001 Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California By Albert L. Hurtado. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999. xxix + 173 pp., foreword, preface, introduction, illustrations, tables, index.$39.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.) Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (3): 523–525. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-48-3-523 …
"Many "Others: The Colonial Project, Women and Sexuality
The Virgin, the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 , by Maria Elena Díaz
Mira lo que hace el diablo: The Devil in Mexican Popular Culture, 1750-1856
As she lay bleeding to death from an accidental knife wound, María Josefa Vargas said to her husband: “Look what the Devil has done (Mira lo que hace el diablo).” María Josefa and her husband, José Rosario, were both indigenous, natives of Almoloya and Tenancingo respectively, and at the time living in Malinalco in the Valley of Mexico. They had been fighting playfully over some meat that María Josefa had bought to make cecina Mock anger and a ve…
Death and Dying in New Mexico
Journal Article Death and Dying in New Mexico Get access Death and Dying in New Mexico. By de Chaparro Martina Will. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. xxiv + 261 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.) Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 3, Autumn 2008, Page 370, https:…
Private Passions and Public Sins: Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima
Book Review| January 01 2009 Private Passions and Public Sins: Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima By María Emma Mannarelli. Translated by Sidney Evans and Meredith D. Dodge. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. xvi + 204 pp., introduction, glossary, bibliography, index. $23.95 paper.) Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2009) 56 (1): 224–226. http…
Un Canadien errant: Louis-Marie Moreau, dit Coulon : hérésie et rébellion au Nouveau-Mexique1
En 1739, un charpentier de Québec arrive au Nouveau-Mexique. Quatre ans plus tard, il est exécuté pour avoir suscité une rébellion indienne. Cet article examine les accusations portées contre cet homme, Louis-Marie Moreau dit Coulon, et les replace dans leurs contextes culturel et historique. Ayant critiqué les pratiques du catholicisme populaire dans la colonie espagnole, Moreau a soulevé la méfiance de plusieurs Indiens et Espagnols. En décriva…
Aztecs on Stage: Religious Theater in Colonial Mexico , edited by Louise M. Burkhart
"Aztecs on Stage: Religious Theater in Colonial Mexico, edited by Louise M. Burkhart." Canadian Journal of History, 48(2), pp. 372–373
The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700
Although it is still a comparatively new branch of history, food history has joined the canon of scholarly endeavors. Likewise more and more historians have started to study the body. Rebecca Earle joins these two currents together in a superb and highly original monograph. While many scholars have examined the things people ate or how they thought about their bodies, Earle’s monograph explores how people thought about the connection between thei…
Caterina Pizzigoni. The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650–1800
Journal Article Caterina Pizzigoni. The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650–1800. Get access Caterina Pizzigoni. The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650–1800. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. 2012. Pp. xiii, 324. Cloth $65.00, e-book $65.00. Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Silvia Marina Arrom. Volunteering for a Cause: Gender, Faith, and Charity in Mexico from the Reform to the Revolution
The feminization of charitable works is a well-accepted truism within the historical literature. In her inimitable fashion, Silvia Marina Arrom takes this idea and respectfully, painstakingly, and thoroughly shows how much more complicated the gendered picture of charity and religiosity was in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Mexico. Her latest monograph, Volunteering for a Cause: Gender, Faith, and Charity in Mexico from the Reform t…
Honor and Personhood in Early Modern Mexico
Studies of honor have frequently looked to the escapades of men, duels, seductions, and the lost virginity of maidens rather than more serious topics. In an innovative approach, Osvaldo Pardo tackles honor from an ecclesiastical point of view. Using a wide variety of sources but privileging confession manuals and the writing of missionaries, Pardo examines the early period of contact between the indigenous peoples of New Spain and their conqueror…
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