Princess Isabel of Brazil examines Isabel's role as an extraordinary woman who had access to material wealth and education and power, in patriarchal nineteenth-century Brazil. Professor Barman looks at how her life was constrained by her subordinate roles as daughter, wife, mother, and even as empress-in-waiting, using the fascinating career of Isabel to examine the interplay of gender and power in the nineteenth century.
This new book is an excellent resource for courses biography, women's studies, and Latin American history courses.Princess Isabel of Brazil examines Isabel's role as an extraordinary woman who had access to material wealth and education and power, in patriarchal nineteenth-century Brazil. Professor Barman looks at how her life was constrained by her subordinate roles as daughter, wife, mother, and even as empress-in-waiting, using the fascinating career of Isabel to examine the interplay of gender and power in the nineteenth century.
This new book is an excellent resource for courses biography, women's studies, and Latin American history courses.![Princess Isabel of Brazil: Gender and Power in the Nineteenth Century](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.10.4)
Princess Isabel of Brazil: Gender and Power in the Nineteenth Century
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Princess Isabel of Brazil: Gender and Power in the Nineteenth Century
291Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781461714989 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 05/01/2002 |
Series: | Latin American Silhouettes |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 291 |
File size: | 5 MB |