Between Gentlemen, Sambas and Beers: the discursive construction of the easy mulatto woman in Brazil

This article aims to undertake a reading of the discourses that deal with the imaginary about easy mulatto woman in Brazil (Freyre, 2006 [1933]), considering its historical and semiological density. That aim is based on statements that emerge on that mulatto woman in slavery period, discussing how i...

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Main Author: Amanda Braga (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2017-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/72287