Caetana says no : women's stories from a Brazilian slave society / Sandra Lauderdale Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lauderdale Graham, Sandra, 1943-

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Series:

New approaches to the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Social aspects--Brazil--Paraíba do Sul River Valley--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Women--Brazil--Paraíba do Sul River Valley--Social conditions--19th century.

Women.

Man-woman relationships--Brazil--Paraíba do Sul River Valley--History--19th century.

Man-woman relationships.

History.

Social conditions.

Slavery--Social aspects.

Brazil--Paraíba do Sul River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 183 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

The First Story

Caetana Says No: Patriarchy Confounded 1

Settings 4

Workers 17

Family 26

Godparents 44

Captain Tolosa 49

Caetana 56

Annulment Denied 62

Luis Mariano de Tolosa's Household, 1830 75

Manuel da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho Souza Chichorro's Household, 1835 80

The Second Story

Inacia Wills Her Way: Patriarchy Confirmed 83

The Making of the Will 85

Choosing Heirs 111

The Will Revealed 122

The Contract 134

Werneck's Sense of Order 142

Inacia's Will, 1857 159

Francisca's Will, 1849 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-177) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0511802978

9780511802973

Publisher Number:

99963048882

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.