Alex Huxley Westfried

Reinventing the Culture of Womanhood in America and Brazil, an Anthropological Perspective

Models for the 21st Century 1964-2001

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Produktbeschreibung

In Reinventing the Culture of Womanhood in America and Brazil, an Anthropological Perspective, Alex Westfried examines the heroic struggle of Brazilian women to restore justice, bring a democratic society, and gain virtually total independence, economically, socially, sexually, and spiritually, to their society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 194g
• ISBN-13: 9780761822769
• ISBN-10: 0761822763
• Artikelnr.: 22324085

Autorenporträt

By Alex Huxley Westfried Ph.D.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction-Part I
and Research Design Chapter 4 Innovative Middle Class Women: Their
Significance in the Brazilian Context; Gender, Work, and Family-USA and
Brazil Compared; Two Life Histories: Dolores and Anna Maria; Innovative
American Middle Class Women and their Families Chapter 5 Departure from
Tradition in Brazil: Two Life Histories: Sonia and Lucia; The Feminine and
Feminist Movements; Two Emancipated Brazilian Women: Elizabeth and
Conceição Chapter 6 A Map of Brazilian Culture: A Theory of Innovative and
Emancipated Women; What is Sacred in Brazilian Society; Ambiguity and
Diversity in Brazilian Culture Chapter 7 Transition to Democracy-A
Comparative View: Military Excesses and Abuses to the Awakening of
Democracy in Brazilian Society; Democracy in Terms of Male/Female
Relationships; Democracy-Parents vs. Adolescents, A Comparative View;
Modernity-Democracy Chapter 8 The Role of Women and Religion in Advocating
and Implementing Social Change in Brazil: Ecclesiastic Base Communities and
CEB; The Assembly of God; The Umbanda; Urban Slum Settlements; Reform,
Recife against Prostitution; Glossary Chapter 9 The Search for the Unique
Self in a Postmodern Society in Brazil: The Meaning of a Postmodern Society
and its Impact on Women's Lives; The Lives of Six Innovative Women to
Illustrate a Wide Variety of Styles of Personal Emancipation in a Rapidly
Cha Chapter 10 Epilogue-Part II Cultural Icons of Independent Middle Class
Women in Brazil and the United States: A Comparison: Introduction-Part II;
Cultural Icons for Brazil; Cultural Icons for the United States; Zones of
Indifference Chapter 11 Conclusion: An Ecological View; What American Women
can Learn from the Brazilian Experience in their Journey to Independence
Chapter 12 Appendix: Summary of Theories Used in Interviews; Economic
Landscape of Brazil; Participation of Innovative Women in Politics: the
Application of Direct Democracy Chapter 13 Select Bibliography on
Innovative Brazilian and American Women