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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- TABLES vii
- FOREWORD ix
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
- Introduction. Law and Gender in Mexico: Defining the Field 1
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PART ONE. Discourses on Law and Sexuality
- 1. Love, Sex, and Gossip in Legal Cases from Namiquipa, Chihuahua 43
- 2. Sins, Abnormalities, and Rights: Gender and Sexuality in Mexican Penal Codes 59
- 3. The Realm outside the Law: Transvestite Sex Work in Xalapa, Veracruz 75
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PART TWO. Gender at the Intersection of Law and Custom
- 4. Women’s Land Rights and Indigenous Autonomy in Chiapas: Interlegality and the Gendered Dynamics of National and Alternative Popular Legal Systems 93
- 5. Indigenous Women, Law, and Custom: Gender Ideologies in the Practice of Justice 109
- 6. Indigenous Women and the Law: Prison as a Gendered Experience 125
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PART THREE. Legal Constructions of Marriage and the Family
- 7. Domesticating the Law 145
- 8. Conflictive Marriage and Separation in a Rural Municipality in Central Mexico, 1970–2000 162
- 9. The Archaeology of Gender in the New Agrarian Court Rulings 180
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PART FOUR. Legal Reform and the Politics of Gender
- 10. Law and the Politics of Abortion 197
- 11. Married Women’s Property Rights in Mexico: A Comparative Latin American Perspective and Research Agenda 213
- Afterword. Thinking about Gender and Law in Mexico 231
- Bibliography 239
- Notes on Contributors 265
- Index 271
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- TABLES vii
- FOREWORD ix
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
- Introduction. Law and Gender in Mexico: Defining the Field 1
-
PART ONE. Discourses on Law and Sexuality
- 1. Love, Sex, and Gossip in Legal Cases from Namiquipa, Chihuahua 43
- 2. Sins, Abnormalities, and Rights: Gender and Sexuality in Mexican Penal Codes 59
- 3. The Realm outside the Law: Transvestite Sex Work in Xalapa, Veracruz 75
-
PART TWO. Gender at the Intersection of Law and Custom
- 4. Women’s Land Rights and Indigenous Autonomy in Chiapas: Interlegality and the Gendered Dynamics of National and Alternative Popular Legal Systems 93
- 5. Indigenous Women, Law, and Custom: Gender Ideologies in the Practice of Justice 109
- 6. Indigenous Women and the Law: Prison as a Gendered Experience 125
-
PART THREE. Legal Constructions of Marriage and the Family
- 7. Domesticating the Law 145
- 8. Conflictive Marriage and Separation in a Rural Municipality in Central Mexico, 1970–2000 162
- 9. The Archaeology of Gender in the New Agrarian Court Rulings 180
-
PART FOUR. Legal Reform and the Politics of Gender
- 10. Law and the Politics of Abortion 197
- 11. Married Women’s Property Rights in Mexico: A Comparative Latin American Perspective and Research Agenda 213
- Afterword. Thinking about Gender and Law in Mexico 231
- Bibliography 239
- Notes on Contributors 265
- Index 271