Title The case of the ugly suitor & other histories of love, gender, & nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870 / Jeffrey M. Shumway.

Descript 1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations Series Engendering Latin America Engendering Latin America. Summary "In 1840 Gumerscindo Arroyo hoped to marry Francisca Canicoba, but her father forbade it. Consequently, Francisca took her father to court for permission to marry, where he objected on the grounds that Arroyo was simply too ugly." "In the courtrooms of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires, children battled parents in order to fulfill their romantic desires and marry the mate of their choice. Parents and guardians also struggled for custody of young children: some did this out of love, while others were greedy for child labor. In courtrooms and elsewhere, women challenged their traditional status as social and intellectual inferiors. Though all these struggles existed in earlier times, the nineteenth century injected a new dynamic into such conflicts: Argentina's revolution against Spain and the subsequent attempts by political and intellectual leaders to craft a new nation out of the vestiges of Spanish colonialism."--Jacket Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index. Contents Buenos Aires : settings in time and place -- Lineage, morality, and industry : contours of family and society -- "Accept us as free men" : ruptures in society and family -- "If you love me" : paternal reason versus youthful romance -- "The purity of my blood" : attitudes toward interracial marriage -- Crude and outdated ideas : attitudes toward women. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Domestic relations -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- Anecdotes. Courts -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- Anecdotes. Law -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- Anecdotes. Families -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- Anecdotes. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family. Courts. (OCoLC)fst00881747 Domestic relations. (OCoLC)fst00896646 Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849 Law. (OCoLC)fst00993678 Argentina -- Buenos Aires. (OCoLC)fst01205786 Alt Title Case of the ugly suitor and other histories of love, gender, and nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870 ISBN 0803204981 (electronic bk.) 9780803204980 (electronic bk.) 1280510196 9781280510199 9786610510191 6610510199 0803293267 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780803293267 (pbk. ; alk. paper)