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I thought Gutierrez's article was very interesting. Marriage in colonial New Mexico was very different than it is today. I had no idea about all of the formalities, ceremonies and traditions that existed in this part of America while the colonies were fighting for their independence. It's interesting that patrimony was part of the marriage procedure in addition to dowries. The chapters show the importance of childbirth and virginity to a woman's promise for her future and as an asset to her family. Women's roles were very restricted however. I had no idea that a daughter was passed off from a father to her husband (like ownership over an animal). I also found a contradiction between the control of the Catholic church and the discussion of young men scaling walls to sneak into a woman's room. Though the Catholic church ran the community and had to approve marriages, it seems that even this society had its share of scarlet letters.--Amanda | I thought Gutierrez's article was very interesting. Marriage in colonial New Mexico was very different than it is today. I had no idea about all of the formalities, ceremonies and traditions that existed in this part of America while the colonies were fighting for their independence. It's interesting that patrimony was part of the marriage procedure in addition to dowries. The chapters show the importance of childbirth and virginity to a woman's promise for her future and as an asset to her family. Women's roles were very restricted however. I had no idea that a daughter was passed off from a father to her husband (like ownership over an animal). I also found a contradiction between the control of the Catholic church and the discussion of young men scaling walls to sneak into a woman's room. Though the Catholic church ran the community and had to approve marriages, it seems that even this society had its share of scarlet letters.--Amanda | ||
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| + | I actually enjoyed reading chapter 2 of Sarah Deutsch's ''No Separate Refuge''. Mainly because I admit that I very much believed a lot of the stereotypes, I had no idea that what women did was valued so much and that they had as much do in the community as they did. Although, if I'd thought more about what I learned before with Angelo's moving out West, most of this I would have figured out. What really stuck out at me was the part that they did a lot of plastering for the community, which I would have put at more of men's work or women's work. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
