Women, Law and Political Crisis in Quito 1765-1830. A Review of Chad Th. Black's <em>The Limits of Gender Domination: Women, The law and Political Crisis in Quito, 1765-1830</em> (Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 2010)

Authors

  • Ximena Sosa Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Keywords:

gender, social practices, economic practices

Abstract

Chad Black, one of the few US historians who writes on Ecuador, analyzes patriarchal domination during the late colonial and early republican periods. By contrasting the legal culture and justice practices during the early and late colonial periods, Black argues that women’s customary legal rights were questioned under Bourbon rule. Therefore, women of all sectors who were habituated to “consultation, negotiation, judicial discretion and contingency” found out that a new legal culture was emerging.  According to Black, this period (1765-1830) was the beginning of a strict male domination in which fathers, brothers, husbands and sons eliminated women’s customary legal protections. Furthermore, it changed women’s identities in terms of legal, economic and social practices.

Author Biography

Ximena Sosa, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Ximena Sosa se doctoró como becada Fulbright por la Universidad de Nuevo Mexico. Es docente en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Fue vice directora del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos y Caribeños en la Universidad de Indiana y directora de la sección ecuatoriana de la Latin American Studies Association. Ha publicado artículos sobre el populismo ecuatoriano, los pueblos indígenas, género y populismo. Con William Waters recompiló el libro Estudios Ecuatorianos: Un aporte a la discusión.

Published

2011-05-15

How to Cite

Sosa, X. (2011). Women, Law and Political Crisis in Quito 1765-1830. A Review of Chad Th. Black’s <em>The Limits of Gender Domination: Women, The law and Political Crisis in Quito, 1765-1830</em> (Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 2010). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 9(3), 417–419. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/372

Issue

Section

Reviews: Gender Questions in the Southern Cone