Cleansing Honor with Blood: Masculinity, Violence, and Power in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1845a 1889

Cleansing Honor with Blood examines the daily experiences of interpersonal violence, the elaboration of masculine identities around honor and the practice of violence, and the contests for power and authority among free poor men from the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Cear? between 1845 and 1889.

Author: Martha Santos
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 01/11/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780804774567

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2012

About the Author
Martha S. Santos is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the University of Akron.

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