«Gente de mal vivir»: families and incorrigible sons in new Spain, 1721-1729
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3989/revindias.2006.i237.342Keywords:
Family, honor, gender, criminality, inmorality, deportationAbstract
Forced transportation to the Philippine and Mariana Islands, a form of social exile and the equivalent of deportation, was used in New Spain to punish criminals and people judged to be undesirable. Those who were sent across the Pacific were always male and usually American-born Spaniards. Both the viceregal government and parents thought forced transportation to be an appropriate way to rid Mexico not only of criminals but also of men «of evil living» - people whose lives were dedicated to gambling, public drunkenness, idleness, and immorality. Parents, brothers, and even wives therefore used forced transportation to eliminate unwanted family members whose behavior threatened to tarnish family honor.
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