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Performing Honor: Seduction cases in Twentieth-Century Puerto Rico132 views
Author
Soto Estremera, Victoria, History - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Klubock, Thomas, History, University of Virginia
Abstract
This Master's Thesis analyzes early-twentieth-century (1902-1922) cases of seducción in Puerto Rico to study the tensions and negotiations between working-class Puerto Ricans, elites, and colonial officials’ ideas over family, honor, gender, morality, and marriage. It argues that although the Hispanic script of honor of nineteenth-century Puerto Rico was valuable and relevant, the new historical developments of legalization of divorce, U.S. imperialism, women’s entrance to the labor force, and anarcho-feminist movements opened new spaces for working-class Puerto Ricans to challenge the elite and colonial-promoted morality and mechanisms of sexual control.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords
Gender and Sexuality; Legal History; Puerto Rico; U.S. Imperialism; Honor; Marriage; Feminism and Women's Studies; Latin American History; Caribbean History
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Soto Estremera, Victoria. Performing Honor: Seduction cases in Twentieth-Century Puerto Rico. University of Virginia, History - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2024-04-30, https://doi.org/10.18130/qv58-z210.
