West of sex :: making Mexican America, 1900-1930 /

Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. In West of Sex, Pablo Mitchell uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide the first coherent picture of...

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1. Verfasser: Mitchell, Pablo
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. In West of Sex, Pablo Mitchell uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide the first coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century, and a truly revelatory look at sexual identity in the borderlands. As Mexicans faced a rising tide of racial intolerance in the American West, some found cracks in the legal system that enabled them to assert their rights as full citiz.
Beschreibung:Includes index.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226532738
0226532739
1280126272
9781280126277

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