02649nam 22006611 450 991046375470332120200520144314.00-292-74854-X(CKB)3170000000060209(EBL)3443693(SSID)ssj0001042080(PQKBManifestationID)11589830(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001042080(PQKBWorkID)11061800(PQKB)11122412(MiAaPQ)EBC3443693(OCoLC)868953004(MdBmJHUP)muse25092(Au-PeEL)EBL3443693(CaPaEBR)ebr10768926(OCoLC)932314371(EXLCZ)99317000000006020920130316h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmazons, wives, nuns, and witches women and the Catholic church in colonial Brazil, 1500-1822 /by Carole A. MyscofskiFirst edition.Austin :University of Texas Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (321 p.)Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;book thirty-twoDescription based upon print version of record.0-292-74853-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Amazons and Others""; ""1. Amazons and Cannibals: Imagining Brazilian Women in the Colonial Period""; ""2. The Body of Virtues: The Christian Ideal for Brazilian Women""; ""3. Reading, Writing, and Sewing: Education for Brazilian Women""; ""4. Before the Church Doors: Women as Wives and Concubines""; ""5. Freiras and Recolhidas: The Reclusive Life for Brazilian Women""; ""6. Women and Magic: Religious Dissidents in Colonial Brazil""; ""Conclusion. Closing the Colonial Era""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture SeriesCatholic womenBrazilWomen and religionBrazilWomen in the Catholic ChurchBrazilWomenReligious lifeBrazilBrazilChurch historyTo 1822Electronic books.Catholic womenWomen and religionWomen in the Catholic ChurchWomenReligious life282/.81082Myscofski Carole A.1954-919483MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463754703321Amazons, wives, nuns, and witches2062333UNINA