Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala, 1650-1750

Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala, 1650-1750

by Martha Few (Author)

Synopsis

Documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of colonial Central America.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 202
Edition: 1
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 31 Jan 2003

ISBN 10: 0292725493
ISBN 13: 9780292725492