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Cleansing Honor with Blood: Masculinity, Violence, and Power in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1845–1889 Martha Santos
Cleansing Honor with Blood: Masculinity, Violence, and Power in the Backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1845–1889
Martha Santos
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 Ceará between 1845 and 1889.
344 pages, Illustrations, map
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 11, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804774567 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 25 mm · 566 g |