LEADER 03668nam 22005534 450 001 9910786507703321 005 20140811103206.0 010 $a0-8223-2398-2 010 $a0-8223-9698-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822396987 035 $a(CKB)3710000000221836 035 $a(OCoLC)654751557 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10906265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3007950 035 $a(OCoLC)1139381697 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78865 035 $a885414131 035 $a(DE-B1597)552315 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822396987 035 $a(OCoLC)1226679933 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000221836 100 $a20140807d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn defense of honor $esexual morality, modernity, and nation in early-twentieth century Brazil /$fSueann Caulfield 210 1$aDurham :$cDuke University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 311 $a1-322-04745-6 311 $a0-8223-2377-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [273]-298) and index. 327 $aSexual honor and republican law -- National honor, the family, and the construction of the marvelous city -- "What virginity is this?": judging the honor of the modern woman -- Single mothers, modern daughters, and the changing politics of freedom and virginity -- Honorable partnerships: the importance of color in sex and marriage. 330 $aIn this book Sueann Caulfield explores the changing meanings of honor in early-twentieth-century Brazil, a period that saw an extraordinary proliferation of public debates that linked morality, modernity, honor, and national progress. With a close examination of legal theory on sexual offenses and case law in Rio de Janeiro from the end of World War I to the early years of the Estado Novo dictatorship, Caulfield reveals how everyday interpretations of honor influenced official attitudes and even the law itself as Brazil attempted to modernize.While some Brazilian elites used the issue of sexual purity to boast of their country?s moral superiority, others claimed that the veneration of such concepts as virginity actually frustrated efforts at modernization. Moreover, although individuals of all social classes invoked values they considered ?traditional,? such as the confinement of women?s sexuality within marriage, these values were at odds with social practices?such as premarital sex, cohabitation, divorce, and female-headed households?that had been common throughout Brazil?s history. The persistence of these practices, together with post-World War I changes in both official and popular moral ideals, presented formidable obstacles to the Estado Novo?s renewed drive to define and enforce public morality and private family values in the late 1930s.With sophisticated theoretical underpinnings, In Defense of Honor is written in a clear and lively manner, making it accessible to students and scholars in a variety of disciplines, including Brazilian and Latin American studies, gender studies, and legal history. 606 $aSex customs$zBrazil$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSexual ethics$zBrazil$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVirginity$zBrazil$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aSex customs$xHistory 615 0$aSexual ethics$xHistory 615 0$aVirginity$xHistory 676 $a306.7/0981/0904 700 $aCaulfield$b Sueann$01223027 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786507703321 996 $aIn defense of honor$93714766 997 $aUNINA