Cleansing honor with blood : masculinity, violence, and power in the backlands of northeast Brazil, 1845-1889.

This book offers a critical reinterpretation of male violence, patriarchy, and machismo in rural Latin America. It focuses on the lives of lower-class men and women, known as sertanejo/as, in the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceará between 1845 and 1889. Challenging the wide...

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Main Author: Santos, Martha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
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