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Prohibited Pleasures: Female Literacy, Sex and Adultery in Turn-of-the-Century Brazilian Fiction

Description:

In this dissertation I examine the entanglement between female literacy and female sexuality in nineteenth-century Brazilian novels. I investigate the ways in which male authors used literature as a mechanism for policing female sexuality and stabilizing the traditional family. I argue that nineteenth-century Brazilian fiction exhibits a recurring preoccupation with...

Keyword:

Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Epistolary, Crime of passion, José de Alencar, Machado de Assis, and Marriage

Subject:

Comparative literature, Women's studies, and Latin American literature

Creator:

Vezzani, Cintia Kozonoi

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

10/06/2021

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15702 and etdadmin_upload_841735