Abstract

ARIAS, Patricia. The will of doña Micaela García. Inheritance in a domestic group in Totatiche, Jalisco, 1905-1920. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2015, vol.36, n.143, pp.279-316. ISSN 2448-7554.

The last will and testament of doña Micaela García reveals a particular mode of inheritance that differs from the traditional models known in rural areas. Its peculiarity surely has to do, at least in part, with the specific sociodemographic and economic conditions of the rural micro-region where she lived. Doña Micaela's will leads us to think that the norms regarding inheritance constructed in Totatiche did not exclude women from inheriting, as was the rule in other rural societies, including indigenous and peasant communities. Contemporary wills allow us to understand the material resources that testators owned; in this case, those belonging to a social subject distinct from those studied previously: a woman. It also allows us to understand the normative frameworks surrounding inheritance and contrast them to practices; that is, the decisions taken by specific testators.

Keywords : Inheritance; wills; ranchera society; women.

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