Gender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856

Index

Index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations Acaxochitlan, Hgo., rape incident in, 127 accesoria (rooms facing the street), 51, 52, 53–54, 58; and sexual harassment, 77, 93 Actopan, Hgo.: domestic violence in, 182, 183; hair-pulling incidents in, 242; staring incident in, 200 Adam and Eve, 146 adornment: of the body, 149, 166, 275n44, 280n123; of the head, 148, 275n43 Africans / Mexicans of African descent , 24 Alexander VII (pope), 166 Alfeñique, La Casa de, 48, 49 Almoloya, Hgo., incident after mass at, 122 amasia. See mistresses Amecameca, Mex., sexual assault in, 97 Amozoque, Pue., domestic violence in, 96 Aparizio, Sebastian de, 188, 189 appearance, and perception of morality , 167–68 architecture: and cultural behavior, 1–2; and house styles, 61; Islamic, 261n81; social meaning of, 31; and social space, 38; spatial organization of, 34; and status, 25, 44, 53–54, 260n62; symbolic content of, 41 Astete, Gaspar de, 63–65, 73, 155, 160, 165, 198 Atlixco, Pue.: rape in, 77; spitting incident in, 203 Atotonilco el Grande, Hgo., abusive enclosure incident in, 96, 118 audiences, 38–39, 164; for exemplary violence, 105–6, 124; and humiliation , 122, 125, 164; in social spaces , 258n23; and violence, 32, 120, 258n23 authority, assertion of, 243; and domestic violence, 176–79; and financial support, 214; of husbands, 179– 80; and violence against women, 228; women challenging men’s, 182 azotea (roof space), 112 Aztecs: and hair, 153–54; and head adornment, 148 Index 308 balcarrotas (indigenous hairstyle), 154– 55, 276n61 balconies, 90 barrancas (ravines), and violence against women, 59, 106, 124, 128, 130, 133 beard pulling, 234 behavior: internalizing, 249–50; messages sent by, 137; and space, 42, 250–51; symbolic content of, 3, 141, 254n5, 273n7 Bell, Quentin, 148, 212 biting, 200–202 the body, 138–40, 142–45, 272nn2– 3; adornment of, 149, 166, 275n44, 280n123; attacks on, 27–28, 122; conceptions of, 26; culture of, 9–10; as character indicator, 137, 272n1; and morality, 165, 280n116; and space, 250; symbolism of, 273–74n24 body image, 139, 141, 273n10 body language, 139; and honor, 2, 18– 19; internalizing, 249–50; and morality , 160; reading, 141; and sexuality, 161; and social position, 151, 157– 58, 171–72; and status, 2, 147–48, 274n36; and violence, 8, 174–75; and women, 158 borrowing and lending system, 14 boundaries: clothes as, 168, 281n132; defending, 256n7; and home, 114–15 Bourdieu, Pierre, 7–8 Boyer, Richard, 17, 38, 110 Buenos Aires, Argentina, 234 Calimaya, Mex., domestic violence in, 99 Calle de los Gallos house, 49, 50, 51 callejera (woman in street too often), 98 Cañeque, Alejandro, 3, 56 Caro Baroja, Julio, 12 casa (house): organization of, 49, 51. See also home; houses Castañeda, Carmen, 131 casta paintings, 167 Castile, Spain, 174–75 categorization: of race, 166–67; of status , 18 Catholic Church, and body symbolism , 145 centrality, 44, 46–47, 259n47 Central Mexico, 21 central plaza, 58 Cerda, Juan de la, 64, 158, 159, 160 Certeau, Michel de, 33 Chalco, Mex.: abusive enclosure incident in, 96; incest in, 97 Chalmita, Mex., attack on genitals in, 204 chapels, 63 chaperones, 107 Chietla, Pue.: child rape in, 222; expulsion from house in, 109 children: arguments about, 87, 183, 190, 283n27 chiles, used to cause pain, 81, 205–6, 264n24 churches: and audiences for violence, 38, 121–23, 164, 270n48; centrality of, 44 clothes: attacks on, 28, 161–62, 164–69, 212–18, 221–28, 247–48; as boundary , 281n132; and character, 279n99; and marriage obligations, 219–20, 287n13, 287–88n16; monetary value of, 288n25; and morality, 279– 80n113; rented, 288n29; and social position, 280n124; of women, 27, 288n18 Coatepec, Pue., hair-pulling incidents in, 157 Cobo, Bernabé, 46 codes of conduct, 9–10, 37 Colegio de San Pedro y San Pablo, 52 communes (communal latrines), 51 complaints of abuse, retribution against, 97–98 consumer goods, and interior spatial organization, 62–63, 262n101 Index 309 Cope, R. Douglas, 53 Córdoba, Martín de, 65, 160–61 corral (livestock pen), 56, 84 countryside, 106; sexualization of, 25– 26, 41, 59; and violence against women , 32, 124–27, 204–5, 271n78 court files, 4, 8–9, 16, 250 courtship, in zaguánes, 93–94 covacha (space under a stairway), 53 Coyoacán, D.F.: clothes-tearing incidents in, 232; hair-pulling incidents in, 235, 243, 244; house invasion in, 40 coyote (mixed mestizo and indigenous ancestry), 77 credit, and honor, 186 criminal punishment, 124...