Introduction. Amazons and Others

Carole A. Myscofski

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Myscofski, Carole A.. "Introduction. Amazons and Others". Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2013, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.7560/748538-002

Myscofski, C. (2013). Introduction. Amazons and Others. In Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822 (pp. 1-18). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/748538-002

Myscofski, C. 2013. Introduction. Amazons and Others. Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.7560/748538-002

Myscofski, Carole A.. "Introduction. Amazons and Others" In Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822, 1-18. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7560/748538-002

Myscofski C. Introduction. Amazons and Others. In: Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2013. p.1-18. https://doi.org/10.7560/748538-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Amazons and Others 1
Chapter one. Amazons and Cannibals: Imagining Brazilian Women in the Colonial Period 19
Chapter two. The Body of Virtues: The Christian Ideal for Brazilian Women 55
Chapter three. Reading, Writing, and Sewing: Education for Brazilian Women 84
Chapter four. Before the Church Doors: Women as Wives and Concubines 107
Chapter five. Freiras and Recolhidas: The Reclusive Life for Brazilian Women 143
Chapter six. Women and Magic: Religious Dissidents in Colonial Brazil 183
Conclusion. Closing the Colonial Era 228
Notes 239
Bibliography 271
Index 291

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Amazons and Others 1
Chapter one. Amazons and Cannibals: Imagining Brazilian Women in the Colonial Period 19
Chapter two. The Body of Virtues: The Christian Ideal for Brazilian Women 55
Chapter three. Reading, Writing, and Sewing: Education for Brazilian Women 84
Chapter four. Before the Church Doors: Women as Wives and Concubines 107
Chapter five. Freiras and Recolhidas: The Reclusive Life for Brazilian Women 143
Chapter six. Women and Magic: Religious Dissidents in Colonial Brazil 183
Conclusion. Closing the Colonial Era 228
Notes 239
Bibliography 271
Index 291

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