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Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire: The Theatre of Shadows
Contributor(s): Sarmento, Clara (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1847187188     ISBN-13: 9781847187185
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
OUR PRICE: $71.35  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Spain & Portugal
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 305
LCCN: 2009286323
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.1" L (1.25 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 145
 
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Publisher Description:
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 construction of identities, their practices and representations. The production and critical consumption of History have long revealed countless gaps and silences within its own discourse. This book questions the reason for such gaps and silences and wonders about the real role of all those who do not or have never had access to power and to the perpetuating word, those whose voices have been systematically erased from sources and documents because of past or present attending interests. Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire: The Theatre of Shadows congregates a wide assortment of disciplines so as to provide multiple independent viewpoints, sources and methodologies. By bringing authors from around the world together, this work ensures that the various cultures and memories that are part of the global saga, as well as the various versions of the history of the Portuguese colonial empire, may be heard.
 
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