BINALOT: Manileñas Demanding Legal Redress Against Abusive and Unfaithful Spouses and Partners

Archaeological Studies Program, UP Diliman || 10 March 2021 «Hell Hath no Fury...»: Stories of Manileñas Demanding Legal Redress Against Abusive and Unfaithful Spouses and Partners. Dr Marco Lagman returned to give another Binalot Talk, this time focusing on another part of his archival work which composed his PhD Dissertation. As usual, Dr Lagman's candid and fun way of discussing the archives, this time getting into legal documents and news reports regarding abusive and unfaithful partners during 19th CE Manila. These insights regarding women's agency during the colonial period connects us to the past only a little more than 100 years ago.