Abstract
In 1923, Andrés, a son of the pueblo of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, brought a civil suit against his brother-in-law José. José, Andrés complained, had been "living scandalously with a senora who is not his wife," setting his son Juan such a "bad example" that the poor youth had had to move out of his home.1 Andrés told the judge that "this young man . . . wishes to take a road that is straighter than his father's and to be a man who is not a libertine." The case was resolved when José gave his son formal permission to live with his maternal grandfather.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Decoding Gender: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Pages | 43-58 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780813540504 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
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Alonso, A. M. (2007). Love, sex, and gossip in legal cases from namiquipa, chihuahua. In Decoding Gender: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico (pp. 43-58). Rutgers University Press.