Table of Contents

• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: Presenting the Case
• 2. Cajamarcan Society under the Magnifying Glass: Regional Society, Economy, and Politics in the Nineteenth Century
• 3. Legislating Gender: The Law, Official Gender Norms, and Notions of Honor
• 4. Survival Strategies: Negotiating Matrimony
• 5. Injurias Verbales y Calumnias: Slander
• 6. Rapto, SeducciÓn, ViolaciÓn, and Estupro: Moving beyond the Loss of Honor
• 7. Conflict and Cooperation among Women
• 8. Conclusion
• Appendix A. Marital and Literacy Data from Criminal Trials, 1862-1900
• Appendix B. Data from the National Census Conducted in 1876
• Appendix C. Cited Trials
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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About the Author

Tanja Christiansen holds a doctorate in history from Oxford University and has worked as a translator and editor. Currently a secondary-school teacher, she lives in Oslo, Norway.

Reviews

"A superb study of the negotiation of intimate gender relations in the courts of late-nineteenth-century Cajamarca. Christiansen proves herself to be a wonderful scholar and writer." Peter Sigal, Associate Professor of Latin American History, California State University, Los Angeles