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Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, - Paperback, by Hurtado Albert L. - Very Good
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- Book Title
- Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California (H
- ISBN
- 9780826319548
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This book reveals how powerful undercurrents of sex, gender, and culture helped shape the history of the American frontier from the 1760s to the 1850s. Looking at California under three flags--those of Spain, Mexico, and the United States--Hurtado resurrects daily life in the missions, at mining camps, on overland trails and sea journeys, and in San Francisco. In these settings Hurtado explores courtship, marriage, reproduction, and family life as a way to understand how men and women--whether Native American, Anglo American, Hispanic, Chinese, or of mixed blood--fit into or reshaped the roles and identities set by their race and gender. Hurtado introduces two themes in delineating his intimate frontiers. One was a libertine California, and some of its delights were heartily described early in the 1850s: " Gold] dust was plentier than pleasure, pleasure more enticing than virtue. Fortune was the horse, youth in the saddle, dissipation the track, and desire the spur." Not all the times were good or giddy, and in the tragedy of a teenage domestic who died in a botched abortion or a brutalized Indian woman we see the seamy underside of gender relations on the frontier. The other theme explored is the reaction of citizens who abhorred the loss of moral standards and sought to suppress excess. Their efforts included imposing all the stabilizing customs of whichever society dominated California--during the Hispanic period, arranged marriages and concern for family honor were the norm; among the Anglos, laws regulated prostitution, missionaries railed against vices, and "proper" women were brought in to help "civilize" the frontier.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-10
0826319548
ISBN-13
9780826319548
eBay Product ID (ePID)
938819
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
203 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Intimate Frontiers : Sex, Gender and Culture in Old California
Publication Year
1999
Subject
United States / State & Local / General, History / United States / State & Local, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Customs & Traditions
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Social Science, Juvenile Nonfiction
Series
Histories of the American Frontier Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-047009
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
A must-read for scholars of women and gender in the West and for Borderlanders. Albert L. Hurtado's Intimate Frontiersis a fast-paced yet dense study, filled with interesting anecdotes, memorable characters, and fascinating gender analysis. Its short length, simultaneously topical and chronological chapters, and interesting use of gender theory make it ideal for classroom use., Intimate Frontiers. . . does a masterful job of explaining in clear, jargon-free language, the theoretical keystones of contemporary gender scholarship. . . . Exceptional, sensational, and unrelentingly grim., . . . an important contribution to our understanding of the history of human sexuality within the context of a multicultural society . . . disturbing . . . provocative . . . Hurtado crafts a new dimension to the word 'frontier.', . . . a sensitive, thoughtful, and thought-provoking piece of scholarship that examines stories about people living in California . . . Intimate Frontiersis an important work . . . .
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.3/09794
Lc Classification Number
F864.H897 1999
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