The Case of the Ugly Suitor and Other Histories of Love, Gender, and Nation in Bueno

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BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page iii / / Case of the Ugly Suitor / Jeffrey M. Shumway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [-3], (3) Lines: 37 to 58 ——— * 47.81892pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-3], (3) The Case of the Ugly Suitor & Other Histories of Love, Gender, & Nation in Buenos Aires, 1776–1870 Jeffrey M. Shumway University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page iv / / Case of the Ugly Suitor / Jeffrey M. Shumway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [-4], (4) Lines: 58 to 105 ——— 8.52402pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-4], (4)© 2005 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 䡬 ⬁ An earlier version of chapter 5 was previously published by the Academy of American Franciscan History as “‘The Purity of My Blood Cannot Put Food on My Table ’: Changing Attitudes towards Interracial Marriage in Nineteenth-Century Buenos Aires” in The Americas 58, 2 (October 2001): 201–20. Set in Minion by Bob Reitz. Printed by Edwards Brothers, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data Shumway, Jeffrey M., 1968– The case of the ugly suitor and other histories of love, gender, and nation in Buenos Aires, 1776–1870 / Jeffrey M. Shumway. p. cm.—(Engendering Latin America) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8032-9326-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Domestic relations—Argentina—Buenos Aires—History—Anecdotes. 2. Courts— Argentina—Buenos Aires—History— Anecdotes. 3. Law—Argentina—Buenos Aires—History—Anecdotes. 4. Family— Argentina—Buenos Aires—History— Anecdotes. I. Title. II. Series. kha6212.s548 2005 306.8'0982'11—dc22 2004029237 BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page v / / Case of the Ugly Suitor / Jeffrey M. Shumway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [-5], (5) Lines: 105 to 111 ——— * 439.33801pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-5], (5) For Kathy and the children BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page vi / / Case of the Ugly Suitor / Jeffrey M. Shumway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [-6], (6) Lines: 111 to 112 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-6], (6) BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page vii / / Case of the Ugly Suitor / Jeffrey M. Shumway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [-7], (7) Lines: 112 to 183 ——— * 33.42102pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-7], (7) Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction The Ugly Suitor 1 1. Buenos Aires Settings in Time and Place 8 2. Lineage, Morality, and Industry Contours of Family and Society 20 3. “Accept Us as Free Men” Ruptures in Society and Family 45 4. “If You Love Me” Paternal Reason versus Youthful Romance 68 5. “The Purity of My Blood” Attitudes toward Interracial Marriage 97 6. Crude and Outdated Ideas Attitudes toward Women 115 Epilogue An Old and a New Beginning 139 Notes 147 Bibliography 183 Index 197 BOB — University of Nebraska Press / Page viii / / Case of the Ugly Suitor / Jeffrey M. Shumway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 [Last Page] [-8], (8) Lines: 183 to 218 ——— 265.35701pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-8], (8) Illustrations following page 16 1. Vendors on the streets of Buenos Aires, ca. 1800 2. San Francisco, 1841 3...