Women in the Portuguese colonial empire the theatre of shadows

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 ...

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ISBN: 9781847187185
ISBN: 1847187188
ISBN: 9781443807142 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1443807141 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxi, 304 pages)
Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. I. Female slavery -- pt. II. Literature and female voices -- pt. III. Cultural behaviour.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.