Negotiating equality at home : a historical study of informal intimate relationships in 20th century Colombia
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation's main goal is to unearth the history of the legal changes that granted property rights protections to concubine women living in out-of-wedlock families in 20th century Colombia. Through the study of court cases, oral history interviews, newspapers, and legislative initiatives, I discover the agents of change, detail their strategies, and elucidate their losses and victories. I found that the absence of family law regulations deepened structural conditions of gender inequality in out-of-wedlock families, as control over property and economic means in informal relationships fell decidedly on men's side. Facing a total absence of Family Law protections, concubine women turned to the civil and labor courts to fight for their property. Therefore, the study of concubine women's fights reveals how these women attempted to alter the gendered order inside the family, rejecting the role of dependent and unpaid laborer. This dissertation sits at the intersection of legal history, family law, and feminist studies, and contributes to these distinct scholarly fields. First, I shed light on the urgency of studying the relationship between property and gender in informal intimate relationships as a separate study of the role of property within marriage. Second, I propose to add a level of complexity to the feminist critique of marriage. What I find with this research is that marriage is a double-edge sword as both an engine of women's oppression and a guarantor of certain property rights for women who enter it. Third, I propose a revision of the role of the Colombian feminist movement and its involvement with changes to Family Law.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Castrellon Perez, Mariana |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Kessler, Amalia D |
| Thesis advisor | Kessler, Amalia D |
| Thesis advisor | Banks, Ralph Richard |
| Thesis advisor | Jaramillo Vélez, Isabel Cristina |
| Thesis advisor | Rosenfeld, Michael J, 1966- |
| Degree committee member | Banks, Ralph Richard |
| Degree committee member | Jaramillo Vélez, Isabel Cristina |
| Degree committee member | Rosenfeld, Michael J, 1966- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Law JSD |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Mariana Castrellón. |
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| Note | Submitted to the School of Law JSD. |
| Thesis | Thesis JSD Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/ch483rb4670 |
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- Copyright
- © 2022 by Mariana Castrellon Perez
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