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PEREZ H., María Teresa. Prácticas y Representaciones en Torno a la Familia, el Género y la Raza. Popayán en 1807. Convergencia [online]. 2005, vol.12, n.37, pp.217-245. ISSN 2448-5799.

Taking reference from the population of 1807, this article has as purpose to penetrate in the social fabric of the urban center (Popayán) through a survey applied to the home-family. The results point out at units formed by couples but at the women whose head of the family and the single mother population which was one of the most visible phenomena in the urban profile of Popayán. Al though in this group they are some powerful “doñas”, widows and single women, we found a bigger number of women head of the family than was among the mestizos, mulattresses and black women where many of them lived in the marginalidad, especially the widows.

Palavras-chave : gender; family; single mother; race; marital status; Popayán.