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Mexican History Lecture

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Public Lives, Private Secrets
Sex & Love in Mexican History
The history of love, marriage, and family; patriarchy and power; gender and sexuality; race, honor, and transgression from indigenous times to modern Mexico.

Dan Grippo, Ph.D., Latin American History

Fridays, 10:30am-Noon

January 9, 2026 – March 13, 2026

IFC Clubhouse

Course Outline

EARLY MEXICO

Aztec and Maya Sexuality.
COLONIAL ERA
Marriage, Honor, and Patriarchy
Seduction, Illegitimacy, Vice and Transgression
Conception and Birth, Midwife and Miscarriage
The Esoteric and the Inquisition; Witchcraft, Possession, Love Spells.
MODERN MEXICO
Sex, Love in Porfirian Mexico
Revolution and the Modern State, Public Health, Eugenics
The “Modern” Woman and The Meanings of "Macho”
Migration and Changes to Family Life
Contemporary Gender and Sexuality, Muxes and “Third Sex” Tradition