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When Jesus came, the Corn Mothers went away : marriage, sexuality, and power in New Mexico, 1500-1846

1991
Book
Creators
Gutiérrez, Ramón A.
Description
"This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view" -- publisher description.
Language
English

More Information

ISBN
0804718164; 0804718326
Statement of Responsibility
Ramón A. Gutiérrez.
Publication Information
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
Physical Description
xxxi, 424 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-415) and index.
Also  published in Spanish under the title, "Cuando Jesús llegó, las madres del maíz se fueron matrimonio, sexualidad y poder en Nuevo México, 1500-1846."
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