Family organization and kinship in colonial La Rioja: a case study

Authors

  • Roxana Boixadós Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (FFyL), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v5i0.13155

Keywords:

Colonial La Rioja, kinship, Villafañe & Guzmán, local elite

Abstract

This paper is an advance of a bigger investigation about kinship, family and society in the colonial La Rioja and it presents the results reached on the study of five generations of the Villafañe & Guzmán. Family organization forms, inheritance system, differential identity construction and strategies through which this family kept its patrimony and its prestigious place within the local elite, are analized and argued in this paper. 

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Published

1997-10-03

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How to Cite

Family organization and kinship in colonial La Rioja: a case study. (1997). Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 5, 53-70. https://doi.org/10.34096/mace.v5i0.13155