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Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala
Women Who Live Evil Lives Gender Religion and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala
Author: Martha Few
Women Who Live Evil Lives documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of colonial Central America. Men and women from all sectors of society consulted them to intervene in sexual and f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292725492
ISBN-10: 0292725493
Publication Date: 11/1/2002
Pages: 208
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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