Gendering the Portuguese-Speaking World: From the Middle Ages to the Present

by Francisco Bethencourt

This book explores the significance of gender in shaping the Portuguese-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the present. Sixteen scholars from disciplines including history, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, literature and cultural studies analyse different configurations and literary representations of women's rights and patriarchal constraints. Unstable constructions of masculinity, femininity, queer, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004456724
• ISBN13: 9789004456723
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"