From Sodomy to Superstition
The Active Pathic and Bodily Transgressions in New Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2734691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L A Lewis (0000-0003-2782-7254, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-157 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00141801-2006-041 |
| OpenAlex | W2002994597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Engaging primary documents and scholarly debates, this article examines an array of practices in colonial Mexico as it undertakes a discursive account of how gender ideologies informed the politics of discipline and a range of behaviors from atypical sexuality to cross-dressing and witchcraft. It speaks to a lived world set ambiguously between violations of social norms and the uncertainties of official culture as it examines these heterodox practices, especially as they relate to Indians
Archaeology · Colonialism · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sodomy · Superstition · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |