عنوان

Female citizens, patriarchs, and the law in Venezuela, 1786-1904 /

(Number (ISBN

0803203896

(Number (ISBN

1280510099

(Number (ISBN

6610510091

(Number (ISBN

9780803203891

(Number (ISBN

9781280510090

(Number (ISBN

9786610510092

Erroneous ISBN

0803217226

Erroneous ISBN

0803266405

Erroneous ISBN

9780803217225

Erroneous ISBN

9780803266407

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b772050

Country Code

nbdocs

Number

U5001 T216 .0004 -2004

Title Proper

Female citizens, patriarchs, and the law in Venezuela, 1786-1904 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Arlene J. Díaz.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lincoln :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Nebraska Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations.

Series Title

Engendering Latin America

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-327) and index.

Text of Note

Female Citizens, Patriarchs, and the Law in Venezuela examines the effects that liberalism had on gender relations in the process of state formation in Caracas from the late eighteenth to the nineteenth century. The 1811 Venezuelan constitution granted everyone in the abstract, including women, the right to be citizens and equals, but at the same time permitted the continued use of older Spanish civil laws that accorded women inferior status and granted greater authority to male heads of households. In the late eighteenth century, colonial courts dispensed some protection to women in their conflicts with men; a century later, however, patriarchal prerogatives were reaffirmed in court sentences. Discouraging as this setback was, the actions of the women who had fought these legal battles raised an awareness of the discrepancies between the law and women's daily lives, laying the groundwork for Venezuelan women's organizations in the twentieth century. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, historian Arlene Díaz shows how the struggle for political power in the modern state reinforced and reproduced patriarchal authority. Shedding light on a fundamental but little examined dimension of modern nation building, Female Citizens, Patriarchs, and the Law in Venezuela gives voice to historic Venezuelan women while offering a detailed look at a society making the awkward transition from the colonial world to a modern one.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Female citizens, patriarchs, and the law in Venezuela, 1786-1904.

International Standard Book Number

0803266405

Equality before the law-- Venezuela-- History.

Women-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- Venezuela-- History.

Women-- Venezuela-- History.

Equality before the law.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Women's Studies.

Women-- Legal status, laws, etc.

Women.

Venezuela.

7

JBF

SOC-- 028000

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Diaz, Arlene J.

Date of Transaction

20201206175207.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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