Gender, Race and Patriotism in the Works of Nísia Floresta

by Charlotte Hammond Matthews

The first full length study in English of a prolific Brazilian writer engaged with the discourses of women's rights, education, slavery, literary Indianism, political ideology and nation-building.

N?sia Floresta Brasileira Augusta (1810-85) published prolifically in Brazil and Europe on the position of women and other subjects central to Brazilian national identity after independence. As such she is a hugely significant figure in the development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855662353
• ISBN13: 9781855662353
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.4"