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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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9b056fcb364a423caf464e9b3f9a6cc22021-12-02T10:31:03ZEl precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-18131626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.55888https://doaj.org/article/9b056fcb364a423caf464e9b3f9a6cc22009-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/55888https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252Violence 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 opted for the pecuniary compensations that aimed at amending through monetary payments the consequences of lashes, burns, beatings and cuts. The analysis of judicial proceedings for slanders provides an opportunity to explore how the compensations based on monetary valuations of the damage operated from a discursive and practical point of view, unveiling, among other things, the ways in which physical infliction was assessed and the judicial strategies deployed to demand compensation. More important than previously stated, the analysis of judicial processes invites to think about the place and value of abused masculine and feminine bodies, and the social and cultural representations of individuals and communities.María Eugenia Albornoz VásquezCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticlecolonial Chilecultural historyhistory of sensibilitieshistory of the bodysocial historyviolencesAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2009)
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language EN
FR
PT
topic colonial Chile
cultural history
history of sensibilities
history of the body
social history
violences
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle colonial Chile
cultural history
history of sensibilities
history of the body
social history
violences
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813
description 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 opted for the pecuniary compensations that aimed at amending through monetary payments the consequences of lashes, burns, beatings and cuts. The analysis of judicial proceedings for slanders provides an opportunity to explore how the compensations based on monetary valuations of the damage operated from a discursive and practical point of view, unveiling, among other things, the ways in which physical infliction was assessed and the judicial strategies deployed to demand compensation. More important than previously stated, the analysis of judicial processes invites to think about the place and value of abused masculine and feminine bodies, and the social and cultural representations of individuals and communities.
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author María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
author_facet María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
author_sort María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
title El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813
title_short El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813
title_full El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813
title_fullStr El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813
title_full_unstemmed El precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. Chile, 1773-1813
title_sort el precio de los cuerpos maltratados : discursos judiciales para comprar la memoria de las marcas de dolor. chile, 1773-1813
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2009
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