Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 83 pages. / Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: This Master's thesis investigates one particular aspect of sexuality in colonial Anglo America--the products of non-marital intercourse. Earlier historical research emphasized the importance of economic considerations in the creation of bastardy laws and the prosecution and punishment for violators of these statutes. Undoubtedly, financial anxieties were a major concern in out-of-wedlock births, but they were only one concern of many. Class, race, and gender dynamics were prominent in colonists' conceptualization of illegitimacy and largely defined who was at risk for having an "insolent and contemptuous carriage" and the resulting punishment for the debauched act. Elite, white officials made women, servants, and Africans increasingly vulnerable to bastardy prosecution, thereby, marginalizing a large segment of the colonial populace. / ABSTRACT: Gendered relations, class biases, and racial inequities structured colonial society, and, therefore, merit consideration in a study of illegitimacy. This research aims to culturally describe and analyze bastardy within the context of the Chesapeake and New England regions. There is more to the study of colonial illegitimacy than economic concerns. Thus, applying cultural factors to a study on colonial bastardy further explores one of the many concerns that influenced colonists' understanding of illegitimacy. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

This Master's thesis investigates one particular aspect of sexuality in colonial Anglo America--the products of non-marital intercourse. Earlier historical research emphasized the importance of economic considerations in the creation of bastardy laws and the prosecution and punishment for violators of these statutes. Undoubtedly, financial anxieties were a major concern in out-of-wedlock births, but they were only one concern of many. Class, race, and gender dynamics were prominent in colonists' conceptualization of illegitimacy and largely defined who was at risk for having an "insolent and contemptuous carriage" and the resulting punishment for the debauched act. Elite, white officials made women, servants, and Africans increasingly vulnerable to bastardy prosecution, thereby, marginalizing a large segment of the colonial populace. Gendered relations, class biases, and racial inequities structured colonial society, and, therefore, merit consideration in a study of illegitimacy. This research aims to culturally describe and analyze bastardy within the context of the Chesapeake and New England regions. There is more to the study of colonial illegitimacy than economic concerns. Thus, applying cultural factors to a study on colonial bastardy further explores one of the many concerns that influenced colonists' understanding of illegitimacy.

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Submitted by Fabiano Vassallo (fabianovassallo2127@gmail.com) on 2017-05-05T17:25:48Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO MARCIA VALERIA SAMPAIO.pdf: 1312801 bytes, checksum: f7a05fa3da81dce5fd92c72e5ed71b8d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Josimara Dias Brumatti (bcgdigital@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-06-06T17:32:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO MARCIA VALERIA SAMPAIO.pdf: 1312801 bytes, checksum: f7a05fa3da81dce5fd92c72e5ed71b8d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-06T17:32:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO MARCIA VALERIA SAMPAIO.pdf: 1312801 bytes, checksum: f7a05fa3da81dce5fd92c72e5ed71b8d (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Tendo como ponto de partida a obra Romance das origens, origens do romance, escrito por Marthe Robert, este trabalho analisa, num primeiro momento, Dois irmãos, de Milton Hatoum, enquanto romance familiar, levando em consideração seu contexto cultural, com o intuito de entender de que forma os conflitos familiares que permeiam a narrativa contribuíram, direta ou indiretamente, para a formação da personagem Yaqub, mais especificamente no que diz respeito à sua condição de bastardo. Propõe, então, repensar a definição da bastardia, buscando compreende-la na qualidade de condição existencial que, no caso de Yaqub, se caracteriza como consequência do exílio sofrido. Em seguida, sugere conceber a viagem como maldição quando a mesma assume um caráter punitivo. Para isso, fundamenta-se no livro Teoria da Viagem: poética da geografia, de Michel Onfray, onde a história bíblica de Caim e Abel serve de inspiração para que o autor teorize o que chama de gênese da errância, que vem a ser uma maldição “herdada” de Caim e que tem como pressuposto a percepção da essência punitiva da viagem. A ideia desenvolvida por Onfray contribui para uma análise mais ampla de Yaqub que, além de amaldiçoado pelo exílio, tal qual Caim, também carregou uma marca no corpo que serviu como memorial do ódio entre irmãos. Assim, este trabalho trata não apenas da busca por filiação e a aceitação social, mas também da inquietação com relação à própria origem, à perda de referências, à solidão, à dor pelo desenraizamento e ao sentimento de orfandade frequente no exilado / Based on the book Romance of origins, origins of the novel, written by Marthe Robert, this work analyzes, in a first time, Two brothers, by Milton Hatoum, as a family romance novel, taking into account their cultural context, in order to understand how the family conflicts that permeate the narrative contributed, directly or indirectly, for the formation of Yaqub character, specifically with regard to its bastard condition. Therefore, it’s proposed to reconsider the definition of bastard, seeking to understand it as an existential condition that, in the case of Yaqub, is characterized as a result of exile. Then, suggests understand the travel as a curse when it takes on a punitive character. For this, it’s based on the book Theory of Travel: poetic geography, written by Michel Onfray, where the biblical story of Cain and Abel is an inspiration for the author to theorize what he calls the genesis of wandering, which comes to be an "inherited" curse of Cain and that presupposes the perception of the punitive nature of the trip. The idea developed by Onfray contributes to a broader analysis of Yaqub who was cursed by exile, like Cain, and also carried a mark on the body that served as a memorial of hatred between brothers. This work is not only the pursuit of membership and social acceptance, but also of concern regarding the very origin, the loss of references, loneliness, the pain caused by uprooting and the sense of orphanhood often in exile

À la fin du Moyen Âge, les bâtards nobles ont bénéficié d’une situation privilégiée. L’étude de la « maison » ducale de Bourbon (XIVe-milieu du XVIe siècle) montre que cette reconnaissance s’exprime par l’identité, la parenté et le pouvoir conférés aux personnes de naissance illégitime. L’objectif est de mettre en évidence les rouages qui ont favorisé la promotion sociale d’une population née hors mariage. Les enfants naturels bénéficient d’un statut qui leur est propre, s’exprimant à travers des langages identitaires qui les singularisent. Ceux-ci les autorisent également à se revendiquer du lignage paternel qui leur assure un rang social. Les discours produits sur les bâtard.es rejoignent surtout l’attitude de la parenté à leur égard : elle les incorpore tout en les distinguant au sein du lignage. Les enfants nés hors mariage renforcent alors la parenté légitime et concourent à la reproduction sociale de la famille. À travers les fonctions qu’ils exercent, le patrimoine qu’ils possèdent ou les alliances qu’ils contractent, ils soutiennent les ambitions politiques des princes, dans un contexte de restructuration des rapports de force avec la royauté. / At the end of the Middle Ages, bastard children of nobles benefited from a privileged situation. The study of the House of the Bourbon dukes (14th-mid-16th centuries) shows that such recognition was expressed through identity, kinship and the power conferred upon people of illegitimate birth. The objective is to highlight the system which favored the social promotion of a population born outside of marriage. Natural children benefitted from a unique situation, expressed through specific languages of identity. This allowed then to claim paternal lineage as well, which assured them of a certain social standing. The discourses produced regarding bastards are reflected most notably in the attitude towards them based on their ties of kinship, which includes them as part and parcel of the lineage. Children born outside of marriage thus reinforce legitimate kinship and participate in the social reproduction of the family. Through their professional roles, the patrimony which they possess and/or the alliances which they forge, they support the political ambitions of the princes, in a context of the restructuration of power relations with royalty.