Women in Brazil

Restructuring Patriarchy: The Modernization of Gender Inequality in Brazil, 1914-1940
Susan K. Besse. University of North Carolina Press, 1996

Read preview

The Female Face in Patriarchy: Oppression as Culture
Frances B. O'Connor; Becky S. Drury. Michigan State University Press, 1999

Librarian’s tip: Part II "The Faces of Brazilian Women"

Read preview

The Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women's Movements in Global Perspective
Amrita Basu; C. Elizabeth McGrory. Westview Press, 1995

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 12 "Brazil: Brazilian Feminism and Women's Movements: A Two-Way Street"

Read preview

The Women's Movement in Latin America: Participation and Democracy
Jane S. Jaquette. Westview Press, 1994 (2nd edition)

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 2 "The (Trans)formation of Feminism"

Read preview

Policy as Practice: Toward a Comparative Sociocultural Analysis of Educational Policy
Margaret Sutton; Bradley A.U. Levinson. Ablex, 2001

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 8 "Health Education Policies and Poor Women in Brazil: Identifying Myths That Undermine Empowerment"

Read preview

Globalizing Education for Work: Comparative Perspectives on Gender and the New Economy
Richard D. Lakes; Patricia A. Carter. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 4 "Defying the Grip of Globalization: Brazilian Women's Employment and Education for Work"

Read preview

Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities
Wilma Rule; Joseph F. Zimmerman; Bernard K. Johnpoll. Greenwood Press, 1994

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 18 "Women and Politics in Brazil: Legislative Elections"

Read preview

Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Saao Paulo, Brazil (1600-1900)
Muriel Nazzari. Stanford University Press, 1991

Read preview

The Fertility Transition in Latin America
JosÉ Miguel GuzmÁn; Susheela Singh; GermÁn RodrÍguez; Edith A. Pantelides. Clarendon Press, 1996

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 21 "The Fertility Transition in Brazil: Causes and Consequences"

Read preview

Sport and Women: Social Issues in International Perspective
Ilse Hartmann-Tews; Gertrud Pfister. Routledge, 2003

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 12 "Brazilian Women and Girls in Physical Activities and Sport"

Read preview

Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia