Cleansing honor with blood [electronic resource] : masculinity, violence, and power in the backlands of northeast Brazil, 1845-1889 / Martha S. Santos.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012.
A brief moment of prosperity : land, opportunity, and autonomy, 1845-70 -- Unruly soldiers and honorable providers : paradoxes of masculinity and state formation in the backlands, 1840s-89 -- Poor but respectable : community, family, and the gendered negotiation of daily life, 1845-89 -- A changing world : deprivation, dislocation, and the disruption of honorable masculinity, 1865-89 -- Masculinity challenged and affirmed : autonomous women, men, and violent patriarchy, 1865-89 -- Of courage and manhood : masculine spaces, violence, and honor, 1865-89.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
