When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846

Ramón A. Gutiérrez

Stanford University Press, 1991 - Social Science - 424 pages

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.

Contents

• The Eighteenth Century: 144
• Honor and Marriage: 227
• Marriage and the Church: 241
• Marriage The Empirical Evidence: 295
• Epilogue: 337
• Notes: 343
• Bibliography: 389

Bibliographic information

• Title: When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846; ACLS Humanities E-Book; History e-book project
• Author: Ramón A. Gutiérrez
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1991
• ISBN: 0804718326, 9780804718325
• Length: 424 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies; Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family