Illicit Intimacies
Virtuous Concubinage in Colonial Lima
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle A Mckinley (0000-0002-9622-9939, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 204-221 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199014533758 |
| OpenAlex | W2157296199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article examines the ways that plebeian women confessed to concubinary relationships in seventeenth-century Lima. Part One reviews complaints brought by casta and enslaved concubines to enforce matrimonial promises. Part Two analyzes the imprecise laws and policies of the canonists on concubinage. Part Three considers the Church’s inquisitorial function in policing interethnic intimacies, given the virtual synonymity of illegitimacy and concubinage. The article assesses the marriage–concubinage dichotomy from the perspective of women who, given their ethnic and social position in colonial society enjoyed limited legal standing vis-à-vis elite women, but conversely exercised greater sexual freedom in forming and dissolving partnerships
Art · Colonialism · Criminology · Economics · Elite · Ethnic group · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Anthropology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Early Modern Women Writers · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |