Marriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil : Black Women's Perspectives on Love, Respect, and Kinship /

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Using an intersectional approach, Marriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil explores rural, working-class, black Brazilian women's perceptions and experiences of courtship, marriage and divorce. In this book, women's narratives of marriage dissolution demonstrate the ways in whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Medeiros, Melanie A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women, Black > Social life and customs.
Marriage.
Black people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Femmes noires > Bresil > Bahia (État) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Noirs > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Mariage > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Women, Black > Brazil > Bahia (State) > Social life and customs.
Black people > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Marriage > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Brazil > Bahia (State)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. BROGODÓ, BAHIA, BRAZIL
  • 2. GENDER, EMPLOYMENT, AND DIVORCE
  • 3. TELENOVELA RECEPTION AND THE RISE OF ROMANTIC LOVE AND COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE
  • 4. RESPECT, INFIDELITY, AND DIVORCE
  • 5. MARITAL DISTRESS AND SOCIAL SUFFERING
  • 6. MATRIFOCAL KINSHIP AND AMOR VERDADEIRO
  • 7. CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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