In Defense of Honor: Sexual Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early-Twentieth-Century Brazil

by Sueann Caulfield

Book Overview

In this book Sueann Caulfield explores the changing meanings of honor in early-twentieth-century Brazil, a period that saw an extraordinary proliferation of public debates that linked morality, modernity, honor, and national progress. With a close examination of legal theory on sexual offenses and case law in Rio de Janeiro from the end of World War I to the early years of the Estado Novo dictatorship, Caulfield reveals how everyday interpretations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822323982
• ISBN13: 9780822323983
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"