El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813

Violence exerted over bodies leave physical and spiritual marks; scars, mutilations, fears. In the Chilean colonial society there were individuals that after being exposed to situations of power or moral abuse turned to the judicial system in order to obtain the compensations stipulated by law. Some...

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Main Author: María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2009-03-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/55888