In Defense of Honor Sexual Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early-Twentieth-Century Brazil |
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| Author:
| Caulfield, Sueann |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-2398-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Examines debates over sexual honor to explore the ways in which private morality was infused with the cultural politics of nation-building and modernization, and was used to legitimate power differentials based on race, gender, and class.
Examines debates over sexual honor to explore the ways in which private morality was infused with the cultural politics of nation-building and modernization, and was used to legitimate power differentials based on race, gender, and class.