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In Defense of Honor: Sexual Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early-Twentieth-Century Brazil
Sueann Caulfield
In Defense of Honor: Sexual Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early-Twentieth-Century Brazil
Sueann Caulfield
Explores the changing meanings of honour in early-20th-century Brazil, a period that saw an extraordinary proliferation of public debates that linked morality, modernity, honour, and national progress. This title reveals how everyday interpretations of honour influenced official attitudes and even the law itself as Brazil attempted to modernise.
328 pages, illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 6, 2000 |
ISBN13 | 9780822323983 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Dimensions | 148 × 233 × 22 mm · 499 g |
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