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Women in the Portuguese colonial empire : the theatre of shadows / edited by Clara Sarmento.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Portugal--Colonies--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Portugal--Colonies--History.
- Portugal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, c2008.
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire: The Theatre of Shadows compiles an extensive collection of essays on the status of women throughout the vast Portuguese colonial space, from Brazil to the Far East, crossing Europe, Africa and India, between the 16th and the 20th century. Absent or mystified, silenced or victimized, women in the History of Portugal and its colonial venture are the living example of the part historiographical discourse, ideology and popular memory have played in the con...
- Contents:
- pt. I. Female slavery
- pt. II. Literature and female voices
- pt. III. Cultural behaviour.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-293) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19090-3
- 9786612190902
- 1-4438-0714-1
- OCLC:
- 827209131
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