Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume III
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Spanish Empire
- 1 The Spanish Empire: General Overview
- 2 The Spanish Empire on the Eve of American Independence
- 3 The Cortes of Cádiz and the Spanish Liberal Revolution of 1810–1814: Atlantic and Spanish American Dimensions
- 4 The Constitutional Triennium in Spain, 1820–1823
- 5 Mexico: From Civil War to the War of Independence, 1808–1825
- 6 Central America
- 7 War and Revolution in the Southern Cone, 1808–1824
- 8 Caribbean South America: Free People of Color, Republican Experiments, Military Strategies, and the Caribbean Connection on the Path to Independence
- 9 The Southernmost Revolution: The Río de la Plata in the Early Nineteenth Century
- 10 Royalists, Monarchy, and Political Transformation in the Spanish Atlantic World during the Age of Revolutions
- 11 Africans and Their Descendants in the Spanish Empire in the Age of Revolutions
- 12 Concepts on the Move: Constitution, Citizenship, Federalism, and Liberalism across Spain and Spanish Atlantic
- 13 Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Politics in the Age of Revolutions
- 14 Impact of the French Caribbean Revolutions in Continental Iberian America, 1791–1833
- 15 Deferred but not Avoided: Great Britain and Latin American Independence
- Part II Brazil, Portugal, and Africa
- Index
13 - Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Politics in the Age of Revolutions
from Part I - The Spanish Empire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2023
- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume III
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Spanish Empire
- 1 The Spanish Empire: General Overview
- 2 The Spanish Empire on the Eve of American Independence
- 3 The Cortes of Cádiz and the Spanish Liberal Revolution of 1810–1814: Atlantic and Spanish American Dimensions
- 4 The Constitutional Triennium in Spain, 1820–1823
- 5 Mexico: From Civil War to the War of Independence, 1808–1825
- 6 Central America
- 7 War and Revolution in the Southern Cone, 1808–1824
- 8 Caribbean South America: Free People of Color, Republican Experiments, Military Strategies, and the Caribbean Connection on the Path to Independence
- 9 The Southernmost Revolution: The Río de la Plata in the Early Nineteenth Century
- 10 Royalists, Monarchy, and Political Transformation in the Spanish Atlantic World during the Age of Revolutions
- 11 Africans and Their Descendants in the Spanish Empire in the Age of Revolutions
- 12 Concepts on the Move: Constitution, Citizenship, Federalism, and Liberalism across Spain and Spanish Atlantic
- 13 Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Politics in the Age of Revolutions
- 14 Impact of the French Caribbean Revolutions in Continental Iberian America, 1791–1833
- 15 Deferred but not Avoided: Great Britain and Latin American Independence
- Part II Brazil, Portugal, and Africa
- Index
Summary
This chapter revisits the latest trends in the historiography of gender in the Age of Revolutions in current Latin America and proposes the need to put politics at center stage. Based on new scholarship on the rise of political actors in the viceroyalty of Peru in these transitional years, the text argues that the Era of Revolutions saw the emergence of a new patriarchal order that brought about a new masculine identity tightly connected with force, action, and modern politics. While new men found unprecedented opportunities to take on positions of authority and power, this process led to a renewed exclusion of other masculine identities, homosexuals, and women from public and political arenas. Moreover, this exclusion brought about a mysoginistic and machista discourse that dominated reform projects, legal documents, the press, arts, and theater. Studying this discourse, the chapter argues, is crucial to understanding exclusionary practices in politics that remain in place in the region to this day.
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- The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions , pp. 351 - 373Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023